Posts tagged with books for boys

Laptop, tablet and phone on a table. The laptop is showing the Print Disability Service homepage on the Wheeler platform.

Highlight on the National Library Print Disabilities Service

By Felicity Benjes
21 October 2021
The history and services provided by the Print Disabilities Service.
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World Book Day — a bountiful resource to help you create readers and reading celebrations

By Jeannie Skinner
16 June 2016
The 19th World Book Day (WBD) in the UK was on the 3 March this year, so it has been and gone. But, the WBD website is still available and has a cornucopia of resources — for teachers, librarians, students, families and booksellers.  
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Sheep dogs with sheep.

The Heading dog who split in half-Legends and tall tales from New Zealand by Michael Brown and Mat Tait

By melissa
23 February 2016
A rich Kiwi tradition of folk legends and tall tales.
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Malcolm X Stencil. There is a stenciled picture of Malcom X beside writing that says 'The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcom X'.

X: a novel by IIyahsah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon

By janice
8 December 2015
Malcolm X, the missing years.
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A boy on a Mac computer at The Gamer Camp Studios.

In real life by Lawrence Tabak

By karen
24 November 2015
Seth Gordon knows exactly what he wants to do with his life: play video games.
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Drawings of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda.

War Brothers: The Graphic Novel by Sharon E McKay & Daniel La France

By janice
8 July 2015
A cry of help from a child soldier. 
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Dan Bowden reading aloud to children at Blockhouse Bay Intermediate.

Book Week at Blockhouse Bay Intermediate

By Janice Rodrigues
18 June 2015
Blockhouse Bay Intermediate celebrated their Annual Book Week in the first week of June, the perfect time to promote reading and keep children warm and cuddled up with a good read!
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Painting of English King Charles II Receiving the Fleet After the Battle of Sole Bay 1672 by John Bentham-Dinsdale b 1927.

Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley

By Lara Petry
15 April 2015
Jimmy Grimholt is the smallest boy on the HMS Fury. His job is treacherous but not as terrifying as the ghosts that only he can see.
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Alcatraz prison.

Alcatraz by Natalie Hyde

By michelle
1 April 2015
‘The Rock’ was a high-security prison island reserved for America’s most dangerous criminals. 
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Snake robot at the Robotics institute.

Zooboots: wild robots inspired by real animals by Helaine Becker.

By karen
19 November 2014
Here's some of the creepiest, crawliest, and weirdest real-life robots ever invented!
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A mão. A América Latina.

Dead Ends by Erin Lange

By janice
5 November 2014
What could Billy D and Dane have in common? 
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Four red seats Farmington Children's Room.

Reading in a cave or at a campfire or waterhole?

By Gail Cochrane
14 August 2014
Libraries are magical places for immersing students in the wonders of reading and storytelling. Creating welcoming, colourful and interactive spaces has led to a range of imaginative ideas – akin to theatre scenery with artwork, props, and cosy seating.
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Black and white photograph of an ANZAC memorial wreath, flowers and written plaques sitting on the ground against a wooden barrier or railing]

An ANZAC tale by Ruth Starke

By debbie
6 August 2014
The ANZAC campaign as told through the eyes of mates Roy and Wally.
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My Sports Club: Football by Jillian Powell

By Services to Schools staff
30 July 2014
Follow a Saturday morning with Freddie - from warming up to scoring a goal!
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A photograph of a street during the day, in hurricane conditions. The sky is overcast. The concrete street is wet and shining. A windswept Ngaio tree is in the centre and shops and a street light can be seen in the background

Hurricane Wills by Sally Grindley

By debbie
23 June 2014
“There’s a hurricane smashing through our house.”
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At the end of the larger drop on a Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.

The Littlest Pirate and the stinky ship by Sherryl Clark

By fiona
20 June 2014
Captain Stinker’s new prisoners are causing him BIG problems.
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A man playing the drums.

Big noise in town by Tom Bradle

By fiona
26 May 2014
Billy loves loud music!
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Shows trees and a house at Willow Wall Plantation.

Brotherhood by A. B. Westrick

By janice
21 May 2014
Slavery and the Ku Klux Klan.
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A tunnel. The moss on the tunnel walls reflects light, seeming to glow, and was called "goblin's gold" by the miners.

The Not-So-Goblin Boy by Ezekiel Kwaymullina

By michelle
19 May 2014
A funny and fast paced story about a boy in a Goblins world - a great read aloud if you don’t mind the word “fart”!
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Book cover Emil and the detectives by Erich Kastner

Emil and the detectives by Erich Kastner

By Services to Schools staff
14 May 2014
Who was the dirty-rotten-thief that stole young Emil’s money? Was it the shifty-looking man wearing a bowler hat?
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