NEW BOOKS

NEW BOOKS

Ghost club - The new Kid by Deborah Abela

A slightly spooky but mostly funny series about the mischief ghosts can make - and the kids who take care of the mess.

Angeline and Edgar might be kids, but they're also two of Ghost Club's youngest ghost-catchers. Got a problem with a ghost, poltergeist or ghoul? Can't sleep because of all the rattling chains and cackling laughter? Angeline and Edgar are the experts to call.

So it's entirely logical that when new kid Dylan joins Ghost Club, Angeline and Edgar are the perfect candidates to introduce him to everything he needs to know, from which ghost-catching gadget will do the trick to when to run like crazy to avoid being splattered with ectoplasm.

The trouble is, Dylan's not quite sure he wants to be a ghost-catcher . . . 

Barney and the secret of the French Spies - Jackie French

The new title in the critically acclaimed series that explores Australia's early Colonial secret history

In 1798 orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New South Wales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friend Elsie.

But when Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes to be by her side, he finally learns the deadly secret she has been hiding.

Who is this strange and beautiful girl who will not speak? And could France ever attack the isolated colony?

Written by award-winning author Jackie French and superbly illustrated by Mark Wilson, this fourth book in The Secret Histories series explores extraordinary and untold stories from Australia's past, including the female French botanist who could only work disguised as a man, French and English spies, and wars between two empires that threatened even a far-off colony. 

Week 3

How the term quickly goes by.  We are already into week 3. The students here at Richmond Primary have quickly settled in at school, all looking refreshed and ready to rock and roll for the new year.

The students have quickly taken on the task of bringing their library bags to library and enjoying their new books each week.

A number of students have given their class verbal book reviews.  Student recommendations are essential for each class. So a big thank you to all who did their review.

Up and coming events 

DR SEUSS DAY 2nd March 

Please come into the library and celebrate Dr Seuss. Each year we celebrate his  many works on 2nd March. There will be a display and most of his work will be able to be borrowed.

WAYRBA

I am preparing for the annual West Australian Young Readers Book Awards .

 The books on the reading lists have been nominated by the young readers of Western Australia.

Students are encouraged to read as many books as possible from the list and give their vote "Terrific", "Good", "okay" and "not for me". 

They are tallied at the end of the year and the winners are announced.

Last year winners were:-

Book Reviews

Extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone

I was ten years old when my parents were killed by pirates. This did not bother me as much as you might think - I hardly knew my parents.

Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her Aunt Isabelle and the Butler. She's had a perfectly pleasant childhood of afternoon teas and riding lessons - and no adventures, thank you very much. 

But Bronte's parents have left extremely detailed (and bossy) instructions for Bronte in their will. The instructions must be followed to the letter, or disaster will befall Bronte's home. She is to travel the kingdoms and empires, perfectly alone, delivering special gifts to her ten other aunts. There is a farmer aunt who owns an orange orchard and a veterinarian aunt who specialises in dragon care, a pair of aunts who captain a cruise ship together and a former rockstar aunt who is now the reigning monarch of a small kingdom. 

Now, armed with only her parents' instructions, a chest full of strange gifts and her own strong will, Bronte must journey forth to face dragons, Chief Detectives and pirates - and the gathering suspicion that there might be something more to her extremely inconvenient quest than meets the eye...

From the award-winning Jaclyn Moriarty comes a fantastic tale of high intrigue, grand adventure and an abundance of a

Quark's Academy - for Genius inventors

SCIENCE IN PROGRESS - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can't believe their luck when they're accepted into an elite and mysterious science academy summer camp run by the elusive Inventor Quark.

From the moment they step inside the gates of Quark's Academy at the end of Molecule Drive, they know they're in for a week they'll never forget. But things at the academy are not quite what they seem, and the three quickly realise that they'll need to put their squabbles aside and their heads together if they're ever to get out of there alive...

A page-turning adventure for readers aged eight to twelve, QUARK'S ACADEMY is bound to cause a hair-raising reaction