sunny day in the holidays yay!

Well where ever you are in NZ today I hope you are having the magnificent weather that we are in sunny Featherston.  I am at my local library updating this as they have free WiFi...awesome! 

I finally managed to read Looking for Alaska last night - yes in one sitting - it is superb.  If you haven't read it yet and you are a fan of all things 'coming of age' you must add it to your list.

Books I have read these holidays so far - More than this - by Patrick Ness - beautiful and heart wrenching, for the bigger reader; The 13 1/2 lives of captain Bluebear - fans of Terry Pratchett should like the humour and the vocab; Submarine by Joe Dunthorne - again a 'coming of age' story that involves the story of a young man's year of growing up - funny and sad all at once and very real.  And of course Looking for Alaska....have reserved The Fault in our stars from the public library because it is always out of ours!

Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday and that you have time to read something fun/wonderful/crazy and great before we start back again.

 

 

 

A day at the park

A day at the Park

This little comic strip is well worth the five minutes spent reading it.  Then ask yourself - do you collect questions or answers?

Thanks to the wonderful Twitter world for discovering this and letting me find it!  Beautiful and thought provoking at the same time, enjoy.

 

Spring has sprung!

The grass has riz.....


Computer games free day brings in the devices.....

Just a quick update to check the new reserves on the new books page and then book them in...
Don't forget the e-platform either!  Also, we have just one a class set of books for the music department....Spring - it's a time for fresh starts and new discoveries...;)

Wheeler's eplatform has landed!

e-books just for you!
click on the link and go directly to the new e-platform designed and operated just for HIBS!
I am so impressed that we have so many active registered members in just 1 week.  I have added to the catalogue some new books which I note are already out on issue....so sign up today!
Any books you think we should get onto the platform just send me an e-mail or use any of the more traditional methods....
The platform supports all e-readers EXCEPT KINDLE....

The other exciting piece of news is that Tim Fraser is one of the 10 finalists in the New Zealand Secondary Schools' Poetry Competition 2013....woohooo!  come and hear Tim and other talented poets' at the Poetry Slam in Live lounge next Thursday in the Library at Lunchtime.

Yesterday's DJ mix was amazing - some of you have great moves!

so busy!

I am so sorry, this has been really slow in appearing....bang foes promise to self to update the blog site at least every two week...anyhow, here we are, week 2 already, the new books have just been posted up so check them out!
in the meantime take a look at this website:
Teen Librarian Toolbox
 I think you will agree, there is awesomeness abounding!

Discovered this today via twitter A Calendar of Tales

Neil Gaiman wrote this together with input from around the Twitter world, suggestions, tweets, contributions and pictures......we have a print copy available in the library for perusal but the full experience is best online!

The Perks of being a Wallflower - Storify.com

Have you ever tried Storify.com?  It is a cool site which helps you create an interactive poster on anything you want!
Here is mine on the book that is so popular I had to issue my copy from my public library!  I hope you enjoy it...