Hunger Games movie trailer

Author visit

Tuesday 5 July we had author Kyle Mewburn at Bluestone for the day. He was so much fun and our students responded very enthusiastically to his presentation style. His books have been flying off the shelves since, especially his new Dinosaur Rescue series .

Some of our best writers also had the opportunity to eat lunch in the library with Kyle.

Keen writers should visit Planet Fabo2, a blog site that Kyle and other New Zealand authors have set up to interest young writers. You could have your work published online and win prizes. Each week there is a different writing challenge.

Support Staff Day

This wonderful card was delivered to the library this morning in recognition of Support Staff Day. It was made by the Creative Creatures children and teachers. Mrs Holden and Mrs Ross think it's the most marvellous card in the world. Thank you to all those who helped create it and for the kind words.

Kowhai Kindy Visit

Jessica, Hannah and Will visited the children at Kowhai Kindy today and read to them. The stories were enjoyed by the children who also willingly showed our three some of the many activities they do at kindy.

Scholastic Book Fair

Our Scholastic Book Fair has begun. We had a special visitor yesterday to help with book sales. We have lots of his books in our library. Do you know who he is?

NZ Post Book Awards 2011

Well, we're not surprised because we knew these were great books. The judges have agreed.
For the full list of winners

Book review competition

The deadline for the next Scholastic Book Reviews competition is 13 May. Enter here to win some fantastic prizes and have your review published online. Read the winning review of the book Trash by Andy Mulligan. We have this book in our library- it's one of Bob's books.

Bob's Books

Bob Docherty hooks readers in to books and judging by the requests we've had in the library for the books he talked about when he visited Bluestone School last Thursday - he does a pretty good job. Bob told his audiences that he reads because he loves words and language. His memory is pretty good too as he seems to remember plots, themes and characters as he draws listeners in to each book. Visit Bob's blog (see Our Favourite Links) for more great books and reviews.

Puffin Short Story Competition

Fancy winning your own Apple iPad?
Enter this writing competition.
For entry form and more information click here
Entries close Friday 3 June 2011.

Super Hero competition

Who's your reading Super Hero?

• They read to you, they bring books alive.
• They make you want to read, they work at your school.
• They are reading super heroes and we want to give them a super reward!
• To enter the competition, please fill in the form (all fields are required).
• Entries close at the end of Term 1, 15 April 2011.

NZ Post Book Awards 2011

The finalists have been announced. We will have most of the books in our library soon. Now's the time for you to get cracking and write your own stories, poems or piece of creative writing. You could be one of 50 children to have their work published in an awesome book. Check out last year's winners in the library for examples of what the judges are after. There is money and book tokens to be won. Enter here for story tips or to submit your writing. You may enter as many times as you like. From 21 March a winner will be drawn each week from entries submitted. Go for it writers.
To vote online for your favourite book from this year's entries click here.