Primary Library Highlights - January 2021: Home

Two Books About Challenging Gender Stereotypes

Also look for Everyday Ninja by the same author, also about challenging gender stereotypes

New series - great for G2 and above

Case studies and conversation starters

Do not spoil the ending!
A hilarious story about not spoiling the end of the story. Great for discussion around book talking and reviewing.

Think about this book for Arts Festival
Picture book autobiography from Michael Morpurgo. Performing can be stressful!

Books about important issues

Poverty, tragedy, prejudice, online safety, bodies and the environment

A seriously beautiful book for all ages

Great teaching notes

Most People are good and nice! A very reassuring story

An antidote to the scary words and images kids hear and see every day. Most People is a courageous, constructive response to the dystopian world of the news media.

A book about COVID19 that NEVER mentions it!

Call it Circuit Breaker / Lockdown / Stay at Home / Isolation / Quarantine...children all over the world became used to observing the world through their window. This book is about all the wonderful things that you can see through your window when you are stuck indoors

STOP COPYING ME!

If ever you have heard this this is the fun book for you to talk about being an individual and how imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

New series : Choose your own adventure

Historical fiction with a difference! Includes timelines, facts and lists for further reading

Graphic Novel

Friendship and creativity come together in The Makers Club: Game On! to inspire kids to explore STEAM topics and maker culture! Some non-fiction content

Pick-your-own-path Ages 8-12
A hilarious and high-stakes middle grade series in which the reader must help Carlos and his friends put together the clues to save his mom's detective agency. YOU pick which suspects to interview, which questions to ask, and which clues to follow.

In case you haven't read enough about pandemics!

COVID-19 seizes the world in 2020. From the likes of the plague, the Spanish Flu and SARS, invisible enemies have changed our lives, bringing death and widespread fear. Yet, knowledge and the scientific quest for answers -- along with a dogged sense of resilience -- are our best weapons in the epic battle against pandemics. Who is Patient Zero and what are super spreaders?When did the Theory of Germs begin?Why did scientists risk their own lives?How did history prevail against pesky pandemics?