Tag: Non-Fiction

Book Reviews

Book Review: Attenborough’s Adventures of a Young Naturalist

Author: Sir David Attenborough Published: September 17th, 2017 Genres: Autobiography, Nature, Non-fiction, Science By: Isabella Star Rating: 5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆ David Attenborough’s Adventures of a Young Naturalist shows you a world waiting for you to explore, full of mysteries and magic, it is filled with thousands of fascinating stories and facts. If you have a fascination with our natural world this is the book for you!    At the start … Continue reading Book Review: Attenborough’s Adventures of a Young Naturalist

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Book Review: The Illustrated Guide to Horse Tack

Author: Susan McBane Published: David & Charles, 1992 Genres: Horse guide, Non-fiction By: Isabella Star Rating: 4/5 ☆☆☆☆ With a growing interest in horses The Illustrated Guide to Horse Tack, was absolutely fascinating to me. Written by Susan McBane, who started riding at four years old (so young!) and developed a passion for the sport. During the course of child to teenage years riding many and varied horses, she became fascinated with the science behind horses, what motivated them what … Continue reading Book Review: The Illustrated Guide to Horse Tack

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Book Review: The Young Equestrian

Author: Caroline Davis Published: 2000 Genres: Equestrian, Guide, Non-Fiction By: Isabella Star Rating: 5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆ The book The Young Equestrian is described as a unique guide to learning how to ride, building confidence and settling fears. This is the perfect explanation. The Young Equestrian is perfect for starter riders, riders, and even non riders with a thirst to understand the sport. Caroline Davis writes beautiful explanations weaved with quick tips and long explanations to help you figure out the equestrian challenge.   With sections on, why should … Continue reading Book Review: The Young Equestrian

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Book Review: The Anxious Generation

Author: Jonathan Haidt Published: 2024 Genres: Mental Health/Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Psychology By: Alexandrina Star Rating: 3/5 ☆☆☆ A must-read. The Anxious Generation is a book focused on an audience of parents. But, although that is true it was incredibly insightful as an adolescent which this is the main age group the book focuses on. The book has made me personally aware of certain habits that affect me, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Anxious Generation

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Library Displays

Māpuna Library’s: Spotify Study Playlist 2025!

To encourage students to be creative in the library once study leave began in November, when our exams start, our librarians came up with the Spotify Study Playlist display! The idea was simple, what music do you listen to while you study? What playlists to you enjoy? We asked students to share their favourite songs, playlist, study habits on post-its. Can you only study with … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Spotify Study Playlist 2025!

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Book Review: Johnny Cash – The Life

Author: Robert Hilburn Published: 29 October, 2013 Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction By: Lucinda Star Rating: 4/5 ☆☆☆☆ Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn is an in-depth biography about the King of Country music, Johnny Cash. He strips down any barriers and strives to communicate the whole truth about who he really was and what his story is. He includes the highs and lows of Johnny Cash’s career and … Continue reading Book Review: Johnny Cash – The Life

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Māpuna Library’s Display: Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2025!

In Aotearoa New Zealand we celebrated Te wiki o te reo Māori (Sept 15 – 20) with the theme being “Ake ake ake – A Forever Language.” For our display we used a combination of our non-fiction titles about Māori culture, Māori cuisine and learning the language and some of our books in te reo. Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2025!

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Māpuna Library’s Display: Conservation Week 2025!

To celebrate Conservation Week NZ, our wonderful student librarian and staff team found books on conservation, native New Zealand animals as well as a few biographies from the infamous Sir David Attenborough. For more information on this week, the events that went on and how you can get involved in the future, visit Department of Conservation here. #ConservationWeek2025 #WhitikiTaiao #TakeActionForNature Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Conservation Week 2025!

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Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2025!

Māpuna Library’s latest display is to celebrate Matariki, Māori New Year. With the help of our Library team they created a fantastic display, featuring the 9 stars (whetu) representing the Matariki cluster with names and information on each star. We also displayed a few of the non-fiction books we have that discuss Matariki and the meaning behind it. —————————————————————————————————————————- Matariki Matariki tāpuapua. Matariki nāna i … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2025!

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Māpuna Library’s Display: Samoa Language Week 2025!

To celebrate Samoa Language Week, our student librarian team created this display. Featuring our non-fiction titles about Samoa, the culture and any books written by Samoan authors available in our library. #SamoaLanguageWeek2025 #GaganaSamoaEveryday This year’s theme was: ‘la malu lou sā. Folau i lagimā’. Which means ‘A well-grounded self, is a successful self’. Manuia le vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa! ~ Happy Sāmoan Language Week! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Samoa Language Week 2025!

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