Interview with author Andy Griffiths

If you missed the recent interview on Breakfast with author Andy Griffiths, you can watch it here. His books are very popular at Bluestone and yes, we have bought The Very Bad Book. Visit his website too, it's fun.

Book Quiz winners

On Thursday 16 September the Aoraki Reading Association hosted its inaugural Book Quiz for Years 5-8 students at Pleasant Point. Bluestone entered two teams and they did really well. The Year 5/6 team The Brainy Bookworms got second and the Year 7/8 team Mockingjays got third in their respective categories. Miss Gardiner and Mrs Ross were also winners of the quiz for the adults in the audience. It was great fun and the questions really tested our book loving readers' knowledge of books, authors, illustrators, book characters, award winners, NZ books, classics and parts of a book. Well done everyone...look out next year, we'll be well prepared.

Library "Read in"

To celebrate World Literacy Day we held a read in at the library during lunchtime. For 10 minutes from 1-1.10pm everyone in the library stopped and read. It was wonderful and most seemed to enjoy the opportunity for a quiet read. During the afternoon all classes spent at least 10 minutes doing the same.

Hanan Kindergarten Visiting readers

Wednesday 8 September was World Literacy Day. To celebrate and acknowledge how lucky we are to have access to books and be able to read, we visited the children at Hanan Kindy and Corin and Hamish read to them. The children loved the stories Dewey, there's a cat in the library and Bears on Chairs. Hamish and Corin were kept busy afterwards playing with the children.

Book report

Title: Mummy Madness

Author Tracey West.

Illustrator Duendes Del Sur.


A cat and a bird go to Egypt on holiday together in a plane. The cat tries to eat the bird all the time, and the cat gets caught by guards who guard the queen’s house. On the plane the cat runs around a lot.

It’s a comedy and fiction book.

Why might someone want to read this book?
because its a really good book and its funny because the cat always falls over.

My recommendation
Great you would enjoy reading this book girls and boys around the age of 5 or 6 would like to read this book.

Reviewed by Kimberley Brown. Room 10

Book review by Tim Lindbom.

Tim Lindbom
Bluestone School Timaru
Room 10

Title: The Barbarous Brigands of Frostbite Pass.
Author: Charlie Small.
Illustrator: Charlie Small.

This book is about a boy called Charlie who has been away on a mystery island, for 400 years. There are lots of funny monsters as well.

This book is fiction,action/adventure and a fantasy.

You would love to read this book if you like monsters and slime.

This book is Great, you’d enjoy reading this.

book review by Harrison

Reviewed by;
Harrison Taylor
Bluestone school Timaru
Room 10

Tittle:Urgum the ax man
Author:Kjartan Poskitt
illustrator;Phillip Reeve


This is a book about Urgum
the fiercest savage in the lost
desert.There are lots of strange
creatures like spiny pant eaters;

This book is fiction/action/adventure/comedy
humour.

My favourite part was when Hunjas head got cut off!

You must read this book