Library Display

Come into the library sometime and choose a call number off the wall to find a new book to read.


Call numbers are letters and numbers that appear on the spine or bottom of the cover of books in the library.
The call number is like an address; it tell us where the book is located in the library.


 
So read me maybe?

NZ Post Book Awards-Book Reviews

2014 NZ Post Book Awards

Book Reviews

                  Read what our students think about the NZ Post Book awards finalists

                            The winners will be announced on Monday 23 June 2014.

 

2014 Book Week is coming...

                   Are you getting ready for Book Week?

  
Another action packed, fun filled week is planned to celebrate Good Shepherd’s love of reading. Our children will be involved in a range of literacy experiences including Storylines Theatre Company, Literacy Treasure Hunt, ’Speed Booking’, Author visits, Buddy reading and the popular Book Character Parade.

          



Have fun watching 'Book People Unite' on the link below

Book People Unite

 

Hey! Have you read?

Super Finn by Leonie Agnew

reviewed by Cole Room 6

Summary: A kid named Finn and his friend Brain try their hardest to become superheroes and to get an 'A' on their test (which is an essay about who you want to be when you grow up.) The boys try to become superheros.

Recommendation: 

This book is not about straight up superheros. It's about a person trying to become one.

Have you read...?

               Another popular series in the library  

  



                                 
Click on the link below to play some Horrible Histories Games

http://horrible-histories.co.uk/games/

Hey! Read this book!

RED ROCKS by Rachel King

         reviewed by Fergus Room 7

Summary:Jake is a very smart boy who picks up a seal skin. Little does he know that he has put a spell on his father that only he can stop.

Will he save his father or will he be the cause of his father's death?

Fergus says: "If your favourite genre is mystery- this book will be the best book you will find and you will be put under the spell ....like I was."

 

 

2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards

The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adult finalists for 2014 are: 

The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adult finalists for 2014 are:

Picture Books

Machines and Me: Boats by Catherine Foreman; Scholastic New Zealand

The Boring Book by Vasanti Unka; Penguin Group (NZ), Puffin

The Three Bears … Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison & Donovan Bixley; Scholastic New Zealand

Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis; Gecko Press

Watch Out, Snail! by Gay Hay & Margaret Tolland; Page Break Ltd

Non-Fiction

An Extraordinary Land by Peter Hayden & Rod Morris; HarperCollins Publishers (NZ)

Anzac Day: The New Zealand story by Philippa Werry; New Holland Publishers

Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock; Walker Books Australia

The Beginner’s Guide to Hunting & Fishing in New Zealand by Paul Adamson; Random House New Zealand

Wearable Wonders by Fifi Colston; Scholastic New Zealand

Junior Fiction

A Winter’s Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik; Scholastic New Zealand

Dunger by Joy Cowley; Gecko Press

Felix and the Red Rats by James Norcliffe; Random House New Zealand, Longacre

Project Huia by Des Hunt; Scholastic New Zealand

The Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg; Harper Collins Publishers (NZ)

Have you read...?

Have you read the Dinosaur Rescue books in the library?

 

'Read one today!'

Clink on the link below to find out more about 'Dinosaur Rescue

http://www.dinosaur-rescue.com/index.html

Book Shelver Game

Practise shelving the library books! 

Remember to shelve the books using the authors last name.

I hope you know your alphabetical order..?

              Click the link below to play SHELVE-IT!

http://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/play-shelver/

Order in the Library

Order in the Library

- a fun game to help you learn more about sorting and shelving books in the library.

 Click on the link below

https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/resources/order_in_the_library_game.swf

Library skills

Every class has a library time each week. During this session we work on library tasks to familiarise ourselves with different areas of the library.

Our school values - 'Care, Respect and Honesty' are clearly visible when we work with others moving around the library.

Soon we will be looking closely at the non fiction books in the library so be sure to familiarise yourself with the 'Dewy system rap' and 'Bob the Alien'.

Meet our Librarians

Meet our 2014 Librarians

Our wonderful librarians are here to help you at lunchtimes.

                                      David and Amelia are our Head Librarians 

Amelia loves reading and also listening to music. We hope to see her play her bass guitar again this year.  

David enjoys reading 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' by Jeff Kinney and he can't wait to scan your books in our library.    

Caitlin is a fan of Clarice Bean. You'll see her playing sport and shelving books when she is helping in the library. 

Ethan G enjoys reading. He especially likes the 'Horrible History' series. 

Vidani enjoys reading the 'Babysitter Club' series and she is looking forward to shelving books in the library.

Ethan F recommends the 'Spiderwick Chronicles' by Tony DiTerlizzi. He also likes the illustrations by Holly Black.

Samantha keeps active by playing sport and when its time for a rest she likes reading Geronimo Stilton.

Reuben practises his drawing skills by looking at different illustrators styles.

Claudia can't stop reading 'Percy Jackson', listening to Lourde and skateboarding.

Corum likes to read "gross" books like 'Horrible Geography' and 'Horrible Histories.

The Dewey Decimal Rap

Book Week 2013

Book Week 2013

Storylines, Author visits,Scavenger Hunts,PJ Night and Book Character Parade.....

We're all looking forward to Book Week 2014.

Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System

Melvil Dewey was a librarian who lived from 1851 to 1931. He was so unhappy with the way the books were NOT organised in his library that he created the Dewey Decimal System.

The Dewy Decimal system breaks the non-fiction books up into different subjects, assigning a range of numbers to specific subjects. Each book is labelled with a specific call number according to it's subject, so when items are put on the shelves in Dewey Decimal order, all the books on one subject will be together. This makes it easier for us to organise the shelves and for you to find individual books when you need them. If you want a book about dinosaurs, you will find all the books about dinosaurs in the same area on the shelves, regardless of who the author is.
Join Bob the Alien as he discovers the Dewy Decimal system.

Welcome to Good Shepherd Library

Welcome to Good Shepherd School Library