Great Reads For Kids

Don't Know What To Read?

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Click on these links to find some great authors:

Classics

Fantasy

Mystery

Adventure

Boy Stories

Girl Stories

Animal Stories

If you like Captain Underpants, Geronimo Stilton or Zac Powers then try...

If you like Daisy Meadows then try...

If you like Harry Potter then try...

If you like Jacqueline Wilson then try...

New Children's Books

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Would you like to see what's new in our Junior Section? Click the links below:

Hot Picks - New Children's Fiction

Hot Picks - New Children's Picture Books

Hot Picks - New Children's Non Fiction

Children's books are free to reserve. To reserve one of the books from the list, click on its title or book cover and then click on Reserve this Book. For more help go to our FAQ page or Contact Us.

Great Books Online

Click on the links below:

International Children's Digital Library

Book Adventure

Free reading motivation programme for (U.S.K-8)

RIF Reading Planet

Find a book, listen to stories, play games, colour in, meet some authors etc

Scholastic for Kids

Kids fun online. Learn about your favourite books or play games

Meet Dewey

How to use the Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey system organizes information into 10 broad areas, which are then broken down into smaller and smaller topics. Different topics are assigned numbers, known as dewey numbers which are then displayed on the label of each book.

For example the subject of Animals is given the number 599. To see what books the library currently has on animals, go the to Non Fiction shelves and find the books that have a 599 as part of their dewey number

000-099

100-199

200 299

300-399

400-499

500-599

600-699

700-799

800-899

900-999

General Works

Philosophy & Psychology

Religion

Social Science

Language

Science & Maths

Medicine & Technology

Arts, Crafts & Sport

Literature

Countries & People

Encyclopedias, Guinness Book of Records, Computers

How peopel think and feel

What people believe and how they worship

How people live, work, travel, dress. Myths and legends

Dictionaries, grammer, other languages

Astronomy, the natural world and animals

How things work, human body, pets and cooking

Music and hobbies

Poetry, plays and jokes

History, geography and famous people

We also have a great poster about Caveman Dave which explains the Dewey System really well . Click Here to see it.

Book Awards

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Here are some links to Book Award Websites:

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards

LIANZA Children's Book Awards

Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand

The Guardian Children's Book Awards

The CLIP Carnegie and Kate Greenway Children's Book Awards

Read Alouds

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Are you looking for some great books to read aloud? These could be books that your Mum, Dad, older brother or sister could read to you OR they could be books that you want to read to them. Click on the lists below:

Red-Hot Read Alouds for under 6 year olds

Riveting Read Alouds for 6-8 year olds

Rollicking Read Alouds for 8-10 year olds

Revitalizing Read Alouds for 10-12 year olds

Gifted Readers

Are you or is someone you know a gifted reader? Then check out this Gifted Readers Good Book Guide for some information on gifted readers, and some books that are great to read!

Storytime in the Library

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Squiggle and Rhyme - is a storytime for 0-2 year olds at the Westland District Library every Tuesday morning from 9.30am till 10.00am

Preschool Storytime - Preschool storytime at the Westland District Library - every Thursday morning 10.30am till 11.00am