Week 7 in the Library: Picture Books

Picture Books aren’t just for the littlies…

‘Children’ of any age can read and enjoy a picture book and find something meaningful to take away.

A great example of this is Damon.  Damon is a teenager who seems to have misplaced his imagination. This books shows us how he rediscovers it…

There are other amazing picture books being featured during Week 7:

Some have funny bits AND sad bits...

Tough Boris by Mem Fox

The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman

Some are serious....

Damon by Gary Crew        

Some are a bit clever and ever so slightly educational!

A Filth of Starlings and A Drove of Bullocks by Patrick George

Some are graphic.

Sherlock Holmes by Murray Shaw

Some are onomatopoeic.

Demolition by Sally Sutton

Some are wordless.

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

And this is only the tip of the iceberg... there is a picture book in this week’s Treasure Trove for everyone

Term 2, Week 6 books: Art, Artists and Illustrators

Do you love drawing?

Do you appreciate funky art?

Week 6 in the library is for you!

We have a selection of “How to…” drawing books…

Drawing Fashion

How to Cartoon: Under the Sea (by NZ author / illustrator Stu Duval… remember Rat Island?)

How to Cartoon: Outa Space (also a Stu Duval masterpiece!)

Cool Cars

Big Trucks

Planes

Mecha Robots

We are also featuring the amazing Hundertwasser For Kids. 

 

This is a stunning book, which tells you about the amazing life of the inspirational Friedenseich Hundertwasser from his birth in Vienna, Austria in 1928, right through to his death on a boat en route to Europe from New Zealand in 2000.  His art works and architecture really make you think about what is ‘normal’.

Kei Te Pehea Koe? How Do You Feel?  by Tracy Duncan is a beautiful book about feelings.  Tracy is a New Zealand author / illustrator and her beautiful illustrations are very distinctive. Miss McLachlan is a fan!

 

Also illustrated by Tracy Duncan is Ophelia Wild, Secret Spy (by Elena de Roo.)  Ophelia and her assistant Albert are spies who run their business from their tree house.  They are available to solve all the toughest cases!

 

Also this week you will find a variety of books which are illustrated using different artistic techniques…

Can you find a featured book which uses:

Collage?

Woodcut?

Printing?

Painting?

And if you like those magic eye books… there is one of those there for you too!

Goblins by Philip Reeve (general fiction)

ISBN: 9781407115276

http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html

An outcast goblin called Skarper...

A princess called Ned....

A self-proclaimed hero called Henwyn...

A tea-loving giant named Fraddon...

These are just a few of the quirky characters in this laugh-out-loud tale of quest and adventure. 

It all starts when upstart goblin Skarper is bratapaulted from the top of his (very) tall home tower, by his own kind.  

His crime...?  Learning too much from the bumwipe (yes, you read it right!) heap.

This is a fabulous read.  If you like Colin Thompson's The Dragons and The Flood series, then you will be sure to like this!

And if you like this and you haven't read Colin Thompson's The Dragons and The Floods series... then make them your next read.

Speaking of which and while I have your undivided attention...

I have just finished reading Disasterchef (The Floods 11) which had me snickering to myself and annoying the family! 

Betty Flood is a terrible cook.  Some of her recipes include:

Otter and Postman's Toenail Pie

Frog Spawn Extraordinaire in a Smoked Goldfish Bladder

Dead Redback, Tarantula and Other Assorted Deadly Spiders Ice-Cream Rapide

However, Betty believes in herself and is intent on opening a restaurant (aptly named The Devil's Kitchen) and will stop at nothing to get her way.