Sunday, July 15, 2018

Term 3




Term Three is such a busy term here at Richmond Library. We are preparing for Book week in week 6.  The theme this year is "Find your Treasure". We hope that all children find some hidden treasures in our library and enjoy our collection.


If any parents are wishing to help during book week, we will be conducting a Scholastic Book Fair and any parents wishing to donate their time for about 1 hour either in the morning or afternoon to help collect money or help other parents of children it would be greatly appreciated. 

Calling all artistic parents and some not so artistic.  If you wish to do a display for this years Book week. Please come and see Susan in the Library. 

Come into the library during book week and see the lovely selection of books that were short listed this year.  The winners will be announced at the beginning of the week.


 BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 8-12 years.
THE ELEPHANT
Carnavas, Peter
UQP
ISBN: 9780702259616
HOW TO BEE
Macdibble, Bren
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760294335
HENRIETTA AND THE PERFECT NIGHT
Murray, Martine
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760290245
MARSH AND ME
Murray, Martine
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781925498011
THE SHOP AT HOOPERS BEND
Rodda, Emily
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460753668
THE GRAND GENIUS SUMMER OF HENRY HOOBLER
Shanahan, Lisa
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760293017
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-7 years
RODNEY LOSES IT
Bauer, Michael Gerard
illust: Krebs, Chrissie
Omnibus Books
ISBN: 9781742991900
BOY
Cummings, Phil
illust. DeVries, Shane
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760277055
I'M AUSTRALIAN TOO
Fox, Mem
illust. Ghosh, Ronojoy
Omnibus Books
ISBN: 9781760276218
THE SECOND SKY
Guest, Patrick
illust. Bentley, Jonathan
Little Hare
ISBN: 9781760127985
THE VERY NOISY BABY
Lester, Alison
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925475616
HARK, IT'S ME, RUBY LEE!
Shanahan, Lisa
illust. Binny
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734416551
The PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
TEN POUND POM
Anelli, Liz
text. Wilkinson, Carole
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381214
THE GREAT RABBIT CHASE
Blackwood, Freya
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743811641
MOPOKE
Bunting, Philip
Omnibus Books
ISBN: 9781742991658
A WALK IN THE BUSH
Perkins, Gwyn
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925475531
SWAN LAKE
Spudvilas, Anne
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781743318454
FLORETTE
Walker, Anna
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780670079414
EVE POWNALL AWARD
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years
DO NOT LICK THIS BOOK
Ben-Barak, Idan
illust. Frost, Julian
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760293055
M IS FOR MUTINY! HISTORY BY ALPHABET
Dickon, John
illust. Emmerichs, Bern
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780994384119
LEFT & RIGHT
Hendry, Lorna
Wild Dog Books
ISBN: 9781742034430
THE BIG BOOK OF ANTARCTICA
Hope, Charles
Wild Dog Books
ISBN: 9781742034188
AMAZING AUSTRALIANS IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES
Mason, Prue & Mason, Kerry
illust. Jellett, Tom
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781922244635
KOALA
Saxby, Claire
illust. Vivas, Julie
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925126396


Monday, July 9, 2018

The girl who never makes mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein

The story is about...

A girl who never made a mistake. Every day she does normal things.
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My favourite character is...

Humbert because he is cute.
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My favourite part of the book...

when she did the juggling
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Review by 

Lola

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Ella Diaries SOS by Meredith Constain

The story is about...

Ella, Olivia and Zoe where on a boat and Zoe got very verry verrry seasick.
Something was twinkling outside, they thought it was an alien spaceship but it was just the bright stars.
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My favourite character is...

Ella because it is her Diaries and it sounds awesome to me.
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My favourite part of the book...

Ella showed us the hand signals because they were very clever and cool.
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Review by 

Eloise

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Captain Cat by Inga Moore

The story is about...

There was a Captain who has lots of cats and he goes to some trading ports and they were East but he went West
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My favourite character is...

Captain Cat because he has lots of cats
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My favourite part of the book...

was when he got Teresa off a queen that he met
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Review by 

Pablo

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Horrid Henry Fearsome four by Francesca Simon

The story is about...

Horrid Henry wants to go to lazer zap for his party
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My favourite character is...

Horrid Henry
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My favourite part of the book...

was when Horrid Henry was wearing girls underpants
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Review by 

Jacob

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

The worst nurse by Margaret Clark

The story is about...

A girl that has to learn how to heal. She learns from her Aunty.  The problem is she is not concentrating.

My favourite character is...

Beth is my favourite character in the book because she is very funny.
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My favourite part of the book...

was when Beth found out that she has a cousin and when Beth fixed Old
Hetty's leg
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Review by 

Annika

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Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey

The story is about...

Captain underpants and his sidekicks
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My favourite character is...

Captain underpants because he is funny
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My favourite part of the book...

when you flip the pages over
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Review by 

Harry

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Pearlie and the Christmas Angel by Wendy Harmer

The story is about.. .

It was Christmas time in Jubilee Park.  Pearlie and Jasper visited the Christmas Angel.  The was a storm coming and Pearlie is dreaming about the Angel that she was holding on tight.  Pearlie pretended to be the Christmas Angel for Christmas and the children.
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My favourite character is... 

Pearlie she has long hair the same colour as me
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My favourite part of the book...

Is when Pearlie was the Christmas Angel
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Review by 

Shayla


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Billie B Brown The night fright by Sally Ripppin

The story is about...

Billie loves Rebecca's older sisters'.  They make her feel so grown-up! But is Billie grown up enough to handle the scary movies they like.
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My favourite character is...

Billie B Brown
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My favourite part of the book...

When Billie has all of her friends over to have a sleepover
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Review by 

Lucy

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