Hi everyone, I hope everyone is looking forward to the middling month of March. Down here in NZ, autumn is about to start as the days get slightly cooler and shorter. This week’s post, as my title suggests, is a booklist of my all-time favourite tween reads from the natural world. These five are quite unique for me, and to find out why, you’re going to have to press the button below…
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Hi everyone, this mild month of March will be dedicated to a selection of Bookish posts for all you bibliophiles to enjoy. So sit back, relax, grab a hot cup of something and get ready to press the button below…
Continue reading “Let’s talk Bookish this March”Hi everyone, this is a big week for me. When you read this post I will have returned home from my procedure. I’ll let you know how I feel sometime later in March when I’ve rested up. The booklist post I’ve planned for you has a selection of teen reads featuring ‘Rainbow Teens.’ I hope you enjoy the titles I’ve set up for you.
Continue reading “Teens and Rainbow Reads”Hi everyone, this first week of February celebrates the beginning of my month dedicated to ‘Rainbow Reads’. This booklist post will feature a selection of tween reads with characters who will keep you entertained and reading well into the night…
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Hi everyone, it’s Pride month here in New Zealand and we’re celebrating the LGBTQI community in Auckland Libraries!! To reflect the work we do and the commitment my team and I put in every year I thought I’d do my bit and showcase Rainbow Reads on my blog this month!!
Continue reading “Celebrating Rainbow Reads this February”And so ends January friends!! Can you believe February is just over a week away??!! To wrap up this month of all things letters, I thought I’d give you a break from the traditional letter-form and give you a collection of titles with a little bit of extra added to them. These are teen reads with more than just letters in them…
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Welcome everyone to 2024!! I hope you all had a peaceful and stress-free New Year’s Eve!! My family and I had a somewhat quiet few days together. As my title suggests, I’m beginning this New Year, 2024, with letters. With this I mean, written letters, missives or short notes…
Continue reading “Let’s begin the New Year with letters…”Hi everyone, this week’s booklist will give you a delightful selection of reads featuring five awesome teachers. I call them awesome because I’ve always wished I had had them when I was growing up. I know, it would be impossible as these are characters in books, but you never know if they were inspired by actual teachers. Shall we delve inside to find out…
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Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this month’s posts. This last week’s post is one I thought of late at night. Yes, as the title suggests this will be a post on funny or quirky things I’ve heard or seen around in the libraries I’ve worked in over the years. Yes, it would be telling tales, but then, where else would you expect to find any??
Continue reading “Tales from this librarian’s vault…”Hi friends, today’s post is a booklist of read-a-like suggestions for fans of stories by Enid Blyton. If you are like me and grew up in the 1980’s then you most probably enjoyed these as a child I presume. Would you like to know about the modern equivalent to those stories you read? You would? Then this booklist is for you and your tween to enjoy…
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