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.

Lexile Book Prize Winners 2010

Congratulations to these students for gaining book prizes this year for reading lots of books and passing quizzes on them. To win a book prize students must gain a silver or gold award by achieving 250 or 500 points. We are very grateful to Whitcoulls, Timaru who sponsor the book prizes and have done so for five years. Thank you Rachel and Whitcoulls for your support. Well done Cody, Richard, Jacob (who was just out of the frame), Jordan, Jordyn, Yi Ran, Kate, Analiese, Courtney, Emma, Samantha and Jessica.