… of the titles in the running to win Book of the Year in the 2009 Children’s Book Week.

CBW is 22-28th August, but until we know the winners, come in, phone us, or pop onto the library catalogue and place a free reseve on any of the following titles:

Book of the Year - Older Readers Short List 2009 These books are for mature readers

Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter by D. M. Cornish

Into White Silence by Anthony Eaton

A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French

Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

Kill the Possum by James Moloney

Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Book of the Year - Younger Readers Short List 2009 Intended for independent younger readers.

The Wish Pony by Catherine Bateson

Polar Boy by Sandy Fussell

Then by Morris Gleitzman

Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris & Ann James

Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard & Stephen Michael King

The Wizard of Rondo by Emily Rodda

Book of the Year - Early Childhood Short List 2009 Intended for children in the pre-reading to early reading stages.

How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham

Leaf by Stephen Michael King

Special Kev by Chris McKimmie

Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle by Glenda Millard & Stephen Michael King

Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan & Dee Huxley

Puffling by Margaret Wild & Julie Vivas

Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2009

Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years range (Some books may be for mature readers).

Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey

Collecting Colour by Kylie Dunstan

Home and Away by Matt Ottley & John Marsden

Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle

Captain

The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson

Book of the Year - Eve Pownall Short List 2009 Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. (Some books may be for mature readers).

The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle

Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood & Frané Lessac

Alive in the Death by Lincoln Hall

The Story of Chicken in

Tuart Dwellers by Jan Ramage & Ellen Hickman

Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art by John Ross & Anna Booth

Hey guys

If you feel like some Valentine’s Day fluff, angst, paranormal pretties, drama or fantasy check out our reading list below:

Paranormal Romance

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

• Twilight YAF/ MEYE and F/ MEYE

• New Moon YAF/ MEYE and F/ MEYE

• Eclipse YAF/ MEYE and F/ MEYE

• Breaking Dawn YAF/ MEYE and F/ MEYE

Vampire kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

• Vampire Kisses Graphic

• Kissing coffins  YAF/SCHR

• Vampireville YAF/SCHR

• Dance with a vampire YAF/SCHR

Mediator series by Meg Cabot

• Grave doubts YA PB

• High stakes YA PB

• Heaven sent YA PB

• Twilight YAF/CABO

• Young blood YA PB

Dark angel series by Meredith Ann Pierce

• The darkangel YAF/PIER

• A gathering of gargoyles YAF/PIER

• The exchange student by Kate Gilmore YAF/GLIM

• Companions of the night by Vivian Vande Velde YA PB

• City of bones by Cassandra Clare YAF/CLAR

• A great and terrible beauty by Libba Bray YAF/BRAY

• Boys that bite by Marianne Mancusi  YA PB

• The host: a novel by Stephenie Meyer F/MEYE and YAF/MEYE

Complicated Hearts

• Squashed by Joan Bauer YAF/BAUR
• Hard love by Ellen Wittlinger YAF/WITT
• Whistle me home by Barbara Wersba YAF/WERS
• Monsoon summer by Mitali Perkins YA PB
• Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen F/AUST
• Cross my heart by Maureen McCarthy YAF/MACC
• Nicola and the viscount by Meg Cabot. YA PB
• Love, ghosts and nose hair by Steven Herrick YAF/ HERR
• To catch a prince by Gillian McKnight YAF/MACK

Thriller

• Tenderness by Robert Cormier YAF/ CORM

• Son of the mob by Gordon Korman YAF/ KORM

 Fantasy

• Sunlight and shadow by Cameron Dokey YA PB
• The princess bride : S. Morgenstern’s classic tale of true love and high adventure by William Goldman  F/GOLD
• The hunter’s moon by O. R. Melling YAF/MELL
• The Truth-Teller’s tale by Sharon Shinn YAF/SHIN
• Sorcery and Cecelia, or, the enchanted chocolate pot : being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical scandals in
• London and the country by Patricia C. Wrede SCI-FI PB
• Once upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris YAF/FERR
• Belle : a retelling of “Beauty and the beast” by Cameron Dokey YA PB
• Snow : a retelling of “Snow White and the seven dwarfs” by Tracy Lynn  YA PB
• Before midnight : a retelling of cinderella by Cameron Dokey YAF/DOKE 

Contemporary

Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison

• Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicholson YA PB

• On the bright side, I’m now the girlfriend of a sex god YAF/ RENN

• Dancing in my nuddy-pants YAF/ RENN

• Then he ate my boy-entrancers: more mad, marvy confessions of Georgia Nicholson YAF/ RENN

• Startled by his furry shorts YAF/ RENN

• Luurve is a many trousered thing YAF/ RENN

• Stop in the name of pants: fab new confessions of Georgia Nicholson YAF/ RENN

Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot

• The Princess Diaries YA PB

• Princess in the spotlight YAF/ CABO

• Princess in love JF/ CABO

• Princess lessons: a princess diaries guide YAF/ CABO

• Princess diaries guide to life: discover your inner princess YA PB

• Princess diaries: give me five YAF/ CABO

• The Princess files: YA PB

• Perfect princess YAF/ CABO

• Princess in pink YAF/ CABO

• Princess diaries: sixtational YA PB

• Princess diaries: Mia’s Christmas YA PB

• The princess present: a princess diaries book YA PB

• Princess in training YAF/ CABO

• The princess diaries guide to Christmas YA PB

• Seventh heaven YA PB

• Party princess YA PB

• Sweet sixteen princess YAF/ CABO

• After eight JF/ CAB

• Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin YA PB

• Mates, dates and cosmic kisses by Cathy Hopkins YAF/HOPK

• Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli YAF/SPIN

• Plain Rude by Linda Aronson YA PB

• With lots of love from Georgia by Brigid Lowry YAF/LOWR

• Summer boys by Hailey Abbott YA PB

• Merrow by Louise Cooper YA PB

• What a week omnibus : books 1-3 by Rosie Rushton YA PB

• Something in the world called love by Sue Saliba YA PB

• One girl, two decks and three degrees of love by Jonny Zucker YA PB

• Love struck by Rachael Wing YA PB

• Guitar highway Rose by Brigid Lowry YAF/LOWR

• Follow the blue by Brigid Lowry YA PB


 

With lots of <3 <3 <3 from the Stanton crew.

Yes, SRC has started again for the summer! And this year we’ll have even more prizes for all you readers. Not that reading isn’t it’s own reward of course

• Write book reviews of your summer reading for display in the Library
• Collect prizes when you read 3, 6, and 10 books.
• Read more than 20 books and go in the draw for a mega games prize pack!
• Come to our closing party* for (yes more) prizes, certificates, & yummy food.
• Open to kids & teens of all ages. Register at the Info Desk now.
• For more info ph 9936 8400 or email yasmin.greenhalgh@northsydney.nsw.gov.au or check out www.summerreading.org.au

*4pm 10th Feb, 2009

Yup. We’re gonna have a Nintendo Wii in the Library.

And we’ll have it set up and some games bought by the time the school holidays start. It’ll be just for playing here - no games for loan just right now sorry.  Have you got any favourite games you think we should buy? email yasmin.greenhalgh@northsydney.nsw.gov.au

Stay tuned for more news - including what times you’ll be able to come and play.

And don’t forget our Softies workshop. Limited spaces, so book now.

We want yours!

Best entries become posters in the library.

Surely you can do better than our effort below…

 Lolwhat? Check out what Wikipedia has to say, or icanhascheezburger (which includes a ’lolbuilder’ to make your own). 

Heading out into the world at large?

Check out Getting Out.

This site has all the info that the authors wished they had when they were younger; such as renting a house, buying a car, safe partying and feeding yourself on a budget. And it has bucketloads of uselful phone numbers and links to other helpful and important sites.

’tis not so far away!

Animania Festival 2007 is on at Sydney Town Hall this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (28th, 29th, &30th September).

What is Animania?   “The festival is designed to create an environment for the general public to come face to face with Japanese pop-culture in an exciting and vibrant atmosphere. Animania is Australia’s leading Japanese & Asian animation, manga, games and popular culture event.”

Food, sword demonstrations, artists, workshops, dance comps, and the wonder that is the Cosplay costumes.

If you go along and see any manga that you think the Library should hold, be sure to drop us a line in the comments and let us know!