The Book People Are Back!

The Book People are back at Sun Valley to tempt us with their lovely, well-priced books. Save your pennies and bring them on Monday and Tuesday next week to fill up your bookshelves at home!

Book Club Reviews

Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson

Reviewed by Hannah A

Emily, Vita and Maxi's dad left their mom on Christmas morning. They love their dad very much and miss him a lot but he goes to Scotland. They don't see him for a year but then Emily's granny takes her to get her books signed by her favourite author and she breaks her arm and her dad is there and he takes her to hospital.

Hannah said " I liked this book because it's sad and happy at the same time."

Nim's Island by Wendy Orr

Reviewed by Safiya M

Nim and her scientist father live alone on an island in the middle of the ocean. Her mother died many years ago. They are only connected to earth by a satellite phone and email. Her father goes off to research plankton and does not return on time. She has an animal friend who she talks to. 

Safiya said: "This is a survival story. I liked the book because it was funny and a great adventure. It is a bit far fetched because a girl can't survive alone on an island. This was an excellent book."

The Pony and the Haunted Barn by Jeanne Betancourt

Reviewed by Mckenna R

Pam, Lula and Anna were riding on their ponies to Morristown when they came across a barn. Then they went into the barn and Anna thought that it was haunted. The door slammed but there was no wind. They all though that the barn was freaky and spooky. They went to the library to see what they could find out about the barn and they discovered that they went to the barn on an anniversary of a fire that burnt the barn down. The next day they went to the barn and it was GONE!

Mckenna says: "I loved this book. It was adventurous and very, very interesting. I love the Pony Pals series of books." 

Happy Dr Suess Day

I know Dr Suess books are a firm favourite in our school so to celebrate his birthday (March 2nd) here are 30 Dr Suess quotes to live by....

Sun Valley Library - Where The Magic Happens

We performed some magic at book club yesterday. Watch this video and see how we make books vanish!

Book Lover's Month

February is Book Lover's Month! Why don't you show our library some love this month by doing one of the following things:

- Donate books you've finished reading to the library
- Volunteer to pack away books at break time
- Come read books to children in lower grades at break
- Write a book review for your school's library blog
- Keep shelves neat and tidy
- Buy your library a brand new book!


Below are some picture of our Library Lover's Month Display....

Meet the bloggers...

Bookclub began last week and will continue to run this year. It takes place every Wednesday at 2:15 and the bloggers who come get to pick from the latest selection of new books in the library. Last Wednesday the bloggers completed factfiles about themselves to share on our blog. 

A new year calls for some new books!

Welcome back to school, Sun Valley Bookworms! A new year calls for some exciting new books and the library has a whole box of them! We'll also be adding audio books to our shelves this year, so keep a look out for that. 

Now is the perfect time to come and check out books you've been aching to read but they've never been in as our shelves are bursting with books that were returned at the end of last year.