Read Aloud Day today

World Read Aloud Day TODAY http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday.

Find out why it is important and tips on how to do it from our National Library http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/creating-readers/teachers/reading-aloud#Resources%20on%20reading%20aloud.

It is enjoyable and useful even for teenagers (Are students ever too old?) , even for adults. So make a favour to someone by reading aloud to them.

What

Read a picture book or a chapter of a book you like, or an article in the papers or an entry in the encyclopedia. Examples of great books to share:

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Picture book)

New Zealand Book Month

March is the month to celebrate books and reading. A 2010 study by M. Evans confirms that “Children growing up in homes with books get 3 more years schooling than children with bookless homes, independant of their parents’ education, occupation and class“.

The theme this year is “The power of Books”. Explore New Zealand Book Month website to find out how people life was changed by books and discover your next life-changing book. You can leave a comment here to tell us which book has changed your life and how.

The results of last years “All-time Favourite books” voted by New Zealanders are displayed in the library. Most of them are available in MACLIC.

Each student will be given a voucher to get $5 off a book purchased during March 2011 in the local Bookstore.

Another focus of this year’s book month is Reading Aloud. Enter the competition “Who’s your reading super hero?“ to win loads of prizes.

Reading Aloud is fundamental. It builds strong relationships, it’s fun and rewarding. So share a book, an article, a chapter, an encyclopedia entry with your mates or family…

Most of all, enjoy reading!

Bob the Book Talker

We had the pleasure to welcome Bob Docherty, ‘the book talker”, in the library last Wednesday. Four Y7 and Y8 classes have enjoyed listening to his presentation of about twenty MACLIC books and a few new books too.

In 2 or 3 minutes, with a book in the hand, he talked about the plot, what is special with the book, the reading level, he sometimes reads a page, leave a few hints for reading and how reading is good for you…
 
The most popular are Don’t Call me Jojo, Cirque du Freak, Night Hunting, Wolf Brother and Red Kayak, on which there are many reserves.

You can find his book recommendations on his blog http://bobsbooksnz.wordpress.com/

“Dad, can you read me a story?”

Do you remember reading with your Dad? Just write it (50 words or less) and be in to win a Book Tokens for Father’s Day! Time to say “Thank You”!

Email your “dad-book memory“  to dad@booksellers.co.nz by Wednesday 26 August. Please include your name, age and postal address in the email.

Details on http://www.booksellers.co.nz/fathers_day_09.htm