Kidzscene & Heard

Flaxmere Junior Book Club

Wed, 05/15/2013

Good news! By popular demand, Flaxmere Library is starting up a Junior Book Club! This is a great opportunity for all you young bookworms aged 8 years and over to get together to talk about books and hear about the newest items on our library shelves. Meetings will take place at 3.30pm on the second Thursday of each month. Shh! Don't tell everyone, but all new members will receive a special welcome pack.

For more information, telephone Kerry on 879 6792 or just come along to our first meeting on 13 June at 3.30pm.

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Make Music at Havelock North Preschool Sessions

Fri, 05/03/2013

Each Wednesday in May we are going to be making music to celebrate New Zealand Music Month.

Come along and join the fun!

Join the band
Have some musical fun
Hear some musical stories
Make fun musical crafts

We may even end up on You Tube!

Havelock North Preschool Storytimes are 10.30am every Wednesday during school terms.

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How to Twist a Dragon's Tale

Fri, 04/26/2013

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Hiccup is a Viking. His Dad is the chief of the Hairy Hooligans. Being chief is passed from father to son, but Hiccup doesn’t seem the kind of boy that will grow up strong and brave enough to be a chief.

Hiccup is skinny, really skinny and doesn’t like killing dragons. Actually, he likes dragons and is the only Viking that knows how to speak Dragonese. Although, sometimes there are really scary, dangerous dragons – like Exterminators, who burn everything as far as they can see.

That’s when Hiccup and his friends Camicazi and Fishlegs have to be brave and save everyone from a deathly fate. They need to stop the volcano from erupting so that the hundreds of Exterminator eggs don’t hatch. The Firestone has to be put in the middle of the volcano’s crater to stop it exploding. The Firestone has three secrets to it.

I rate this book 3 out of 3. It explains all the secrets of the Firestone and is exciting. Would suit 9 year olds or over.

Reviewed by George

Learn Dragonese and train your own dragon at: http://www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com/

Listen to the first chapter of the book by clicking on the link below:
http://www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com/books/e-how-to-twist-a-dragons-tale/

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School Holidays Programmes

Mon, 04/22/2013

April - May 2013 School Holidays

All three libraries have programmes of stories, crafts and enterainment during school holidays.

Flaxmere Library
Hastings Library
Havelock North Library

Flaxmere Library - Gold Fever

Monday 22 April 10.30 am
Korikori ma ngā pukapuka – Move and groove with books to Whaea Moana’s favourite golden hits

Tuesday 23 April 9am
Goldilocks Breakfast Club – BYO bowl, spoon and teddy bear

Wednesday 24 April 10.30am
Gold Top Flip-o-Rama - Fun with Captain Underpants - Learn how to make a cartoon flip-o-rama

Friday 26 April 10.30 am
Goldleaf autumn art - Make stained glass prints or leaf rubbings

Monday 29 April 10.30 am
Dangerous Decibels with Tessibell from the Hearing Association -A golden opportunity to learn about looking after your hearing

Wednesday 1 May 10.30 am
Tititorea - Stick games with Whaea Moana – a golden oldie!

Thursday 2 May 10.30 am
Good as Gold - storytelling with the Covenant Players Theatre Group

Friday 3 May 10.30 am
Celebrate Japan's Golden Week - Sumo wrestling (8-15 years) and origami

Hastings Library - Super Fun!

Wednesday 24 April 10.30am
Titiorea - stick games with Whaea Moana

Wednesday 1 May 10.30am
Be entertained by the Covenant Players with dramas and skits, laughter and fun.

Thursday 2 May 10.30am
Superhero Party! Dress as a Superhero, make a Superhero. Activities, surprises!

Havelock North Library - In and out of the sea

Tuesday 23 April 10.30am
Local author Nicholas Rumble with the help of his penguin puppet Jasper will share his newly published books. Make a cute penguin.

Friday 26 April 10.30am
Be part of some fishy dramas with Lynette, Moana and friends. Make a stuffed fish and a flappy fish puppet; or weave some fish with Whaea Moana.

Tuesday 30 April 10.30am
Join in the fun activities with Carolynne from the Hearing Association and learn about caring for our ears in and out of the sea.

Friday 3 May 10.30am
Be entertained by the Covenant Players with dramas and skits, laughter and fun.

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Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend

Thu, 04/11/2013

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This book was about two friends, Violet and Rose. Violet had a theory of swapping small things to make their friendship stronger. My favourite part was when Violet made a dresser out of matchboxes for Rose's party.

Reviewed by Jorja

If you love reading books about Violet Mackerel, you will love her website!

http://www.violetmackerel.com.au/

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NZ Post Children's Book Awards

Thu, 04/04/2013

The finalists for this year's NZ Post Book Awards have been announced.

Start reading now and then you can vote for your favourite in the Children's Choice Award before 31 May 2013. You can do this either online or by collecting a voting form from one of our libraries. Every entry goes in a draw to win $1000 Booksellers Tokens ($500 for yourself and $500 for your school)!

Nineteen books have been chosen across four categories. Follow this link to find out more about the finalists and how to vote online:

http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/2013finalists

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Easter Bunny at Havelock North Library

Thu, 03/28/2013

We had lots of fun this morning. A very special visitor arrived - a beautiful 9 week old rabbit.

We called her Caramello because she looked the same colour as the sticky caramel inside easter eggs.

The kids loved her, and we enjoyed reading stories around her, making our own Easter bunny and eating Easter eggs.

Yum!

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Hop along to the Havelock North Preschool Sessions

Thu, 03/21/2013

Gaz has been hearing a lot of exciting things about the Preschool Sessions at Havelock North Library.

He heard that the Easter Bunny may turn up on the 27th of March.

So come down to the library at 10.30am on Wednesday.

Lynette has some great stories to share for NZ Book Month!

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The Scrap Series by Vince Ford

Tue, 03/19/2013

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Animal lovers will enjoy Vince Ford’s new ‘Scrap’ series which gives the low-down on working farm dogs.

Scrap has been rescued as a young pup from drowning. He’s so little and silly at first he doesn’t even know he’s a dog! The other thing he doesn’t know is that he is blond, and all the other farm dogs are black and tan. Scrap has a lot to learn about himself. He’s also got to prove that he’s good at doing what farm dogs do – herding sheep, without getting into too much trouble.

The ‘Scrap’ series of books is great for dog lovers or if you enjoy fast-paced, fun stories. You will find them in the Junior Fiction, 7-9, section which means they are just right if you’re starting to enjoy chapter books.

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Giddy up!

Fri, 03/15/2013

I was minding my own business, flying over the Hastings Library and what did i see? Horses of courses!

A horse parade was held in the middle of Hastings city to promote the Horse of the Year!

Horses of all shapes and sizes took their riders around the streets while other people watched. There was lots of children there - were you there?

I hung around in one of the big trees and watched for a while because the man with the loud voice was saying Sir Mark Todd was coming and I've never seen him before. I saw a lot of pretty horses with humans on their backs dancing around to music.

They all looked like they were having fun but I'm glad I'm a bird, not a horse...