Here at Mount Aspiring college library, there is a prominent display area right across the entrance.
Librarians hand-pick fiction and non-fiction books on a specific theme, usually in line with current events of the college.
Displays invite you to discover books you may not have looked for, yet might interest you, or be useful to you.
Displays are changed regularly so always give the display a glance and pick up a good book!
Offering a book for Christmas prevents the “Summer slide” and is a great way to show you value books and reading. So head down to the bookshop and stroll the shelves. What to choose?
If you don’t know, go book shopping with your child, it is a great way to talk books, what s/he likes, what you like or offer a book voucher.
I like to make hamper presents that include a book. It demonstrates actively the usefulness and ubiquity of reading. For example:
Other ways to reinforce the love for books is to offer book-related items, bookmarks, bookends, bookstands… but also fancy book covers, book jewels, decorations or book paraphernalia. For example book earrings will tell your girl: “I know you’re a great book lover, I value that and it suits you well”. You’ll find ideas at the bookshop, at DOC or online on Wheelers for books. Explore NZ Book Lovers and Ex-Libris crafts for other book-related gifts.
We wish to warmly thank John Darby for his generous donation of natural history, civilizations and animals books. They are an extremely valuable addition to our library collection.
We’ve purchased several new science books to support the Level 2 and 3 Science curriculum as well as Scholarship. So we now have most books on the list from this Biology Scholarship link.
Other new books include:
| Dewey | Title | Author |
| 500 | What if? | Munroe, Randall |
| 551 | Active Earth | Claybourne, Anna |
| 551 | Central Rocks: A guide to the geology and landscapes of Central Otago | Lee, Daphne;Forsyth, Jane |
| 551 | Extreme Earth | Claybourne, Anna |
| 551 | New Zealand minerals and rocks for beginners | Forsyth, P. J |
| 551 | The changing landscape | Dixon, Dougal |
| 551.5 | Mini-climates: Examining our Environment | |
| 551.6 | Atmosphere of hope : searching for solutions to the climate crisis | Flannery, Tim F |
| 551.6 | Towards a warmer world : what climate change will mean for New Zealand’s future | Meduna, Veronika |
| 552 | Rock and mineral | Farndon, John |
| 574.92 | Endangered oceans : investigating oceans in crisis | Rake, Jody Sullivan |
| 575 | Evolution : the human story | Roberts, Alice M |
| 575 | Evolution : the whole story | Parker, Steve |
| 577.6 | Polluted inheritance : New Zealand’s freshwater crisis | Joy, Mike 1959 |
| 580 | Plant Life | De la Bedoyere, Camilla |
| 591 R | The Living world of animals | World Wildlife Fund |
| 598 | Birdlife of Mount Aspiring National Park | Child, Peter |
| 598.2P | Grebes of Wanaka | Macleod, Heather |
| 610 | Human Body | Woodward, John |
| 612 | How your body works | Canavan, Thomas 1956- |
| 612.3 | Gut : the inside story of our body’s most under-rated organ | Enders, Giulia |
| 616.8 | Freaks, geeks and Asperger syndrome : a user guide to adolescence | Jackson, Luke 1988- |
| 616.8 | Born on a blue day : a memoir of Asperger’s and an extraordinary mind | Tammet, Daniel 1979- |
Keep sending good books recommendations!
The library collection has recently been greatly enhanced thanks to clearance sales at National Geographic.
Here are new titles in the reference section:
And these have been added in the knowledge section so they can be borrowed:
With these beautiful, thorough, informative, up-to-date books, reading for learning is a pleasure!
Knowledge books for your learning
In the knowledge section of the library, you can find all books needed to cover the curriculum. Understand something in maths? Want a wider perspective in art, economics or science? Deepen your knowledge in literature, history or biology? Check the library catalogue, on the right of the blog page or directly here . And if you do not find what you want, please ask the librarian.
Besides, there is a collection of revision guides in all subjects, level 1, 2 and 3 available 
to use in the library only – NOT FOR LOAN – so that everyone can have access to them.
Do you want to improve your study skills? Check the 153 section.
You can come to study in the library every week day until 4 or ask the librarian for other times.
Enjoy learning! Enjoy your library!
:What are YOU interested in? Hunting? Skateboarding? Dating? Humorous or Scary? Extreme? Type one word in the library catalogue. Or try to type the words “reluctant” or “easy”.
Scroll the list of results to find a book that you may like, open the record details and read the Subjects, Notes and keywords to decide if you will like it.
Find narrow books, or book published by Barrington Stoke.
Look for large fonts and short chapters.
Read the blurb on the back of the book. Open the book. Read one paragraph. If there are more than two words you do not read or know, then find an easier book.
Browse the Graphic Novels and Breezy reads (picture books area).
Or pick a book from the lists below or ask your librarian 🙂
When you have chosen, always record your book at the issue desk.
| Title | Author | Description | Location |
| A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. | Malorie Blackman | Elliot’s Mum is arrested for breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company… | BLA |
| The Last Boy | June Colbert | When Ben emerges from his hiding place, he is the last person on Earth… | COL |
| The wish list | Eoin Colfer | Meg dies perfectly balanced between good and evil… Can she save her soul? | COL |
| Fifteen Love | Robert Corbet | Told from two perspectives, about daily life and a burgeoning relationship | COR |
| Shelf Life | Robert Corbet | Short stories of people in charge of different supermarket aisles | COR |
| A Good Keen Man | Barry Crump | NZ yarn | CRU |
| Bruises: Boys don’t cry | Archie Fusillo | Hard hitting novel dealing with teen culture in schools | FUS |
| Touch Me | James Moloney | Boy/girl relationship | MOL |
| Trash | Andy Mulligan | Kids survive on a dump, until they find a purse… | MUL |
| Holes | Louis Sachar | Stanley Yelnats is sent to a detention centre for a crime he did not commit… | SAC |
| Milkweek | Jerry Spinelli | Street children innocently surviving the Holocaust. Poignant! | SPI |
| To Die For | Mark Svendsen | A thrilling fishing story | SVE |
| The Underdog | Marcus Zusak | ‘Boys are like dogs – ready to bite, bark, and beg to be given a chance to show their value.’ (Back cover) | ZUC |
| Title | Author | Description | Location |
| 2Much4u, Boyznbikes | Vince Ford | Funny, real life stories | FOR |
| Boy Overboard, Once… | Morris Gleitzman | Great easy to read war stories | GLE |
| Burnt, Groosham Grange… | Horowitz | Quick reads – Horror, creepy stories | HOR |
| Uncanny (and others) | Paul Jennings | Humour | JEN |
| Hatchet, and sequels: the Return, the River… | Gary Paulsen | Brian, stranded alone in a crash in the wilderness, survives with just a hatchet… | PAU |
| Rani & Sukh, Dream on | Bali Rai | Real life stories, of street kids, family, soccer… | RAI |
| Series | Author | Description | Location |
| Cherub | Robert Muchamore | Kids are trained to spy and survive in dangerous missions | MUC |
| Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | TV reality game, to death… | COL |
| HIVE Higher Institute of Villainous Education | Mark Walden | Full of baddies, action and lashing of humour | WAL |
| Animorphs | K. A. Applegate | Friends are given the power to morph… | APP |
| My Story Examples: Blitz (CRO) The Mine’s Afire (BAT) Sitting on the Fence (NAG) |
Various authors | Based on true stories, a young person writes a diary of the time or event… | |
| Saga of Darren Shan | Darren Shan | Plenty of horror and macabre… | SHA |
| World of Adventure | Gary Paulsen | Action-packed, danger, excitement in those Breezy reads | PAU/B |
| Alex Rider | Anthony Horowitz | Perfect spy and action hero chasing all criminals and surviving the worst situations | HOR |
| Tomorrow series | John Marsden | When Australian teenagers see the war coming… | MAR |
| Theme | Examples | Location |
| Personal Life issues | Chicken soup for the teenage soul A child called It |
158.1 |
| Relationship issues | The courage to be strong | 302.5 |
| War stories | The secret agent and other spy kids War torn |
355.1 |
| Sport stories | Legs on Everest | 796.52 |
| Hunting stories | Deer were their lives | 799.2 |
| Biographies : real person’s lives | Willie Apiata, the reluctant hero | 92 API |
| History stories | True stories of D-Day | 940.54 |
04 July – 10 July 2011
Te reo Give it a go!
Kara whiua!
When you write an assignment, you use information from different sources. It is important that you acknowledge their authors and publishers, in listing them.
There are several standards for writing them. You can use footnotes or place the list at the conclusion of your assignment (Bibliography). There, you can list all of your sources in the order of appearance in the paper or in alphabetical order. Which ever you choose, keep the format consistent.
For a book:Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title in Italic. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
Example: Gleitzman, Morris. Boy Overboard. Camberwell: Penguin, 2002.
For an article:Author Last Name, First name. “Title of Article”. Magazine Name in Italic. Date of publication. Pages.
Example: Nachtwey, James. “Mandela’s Children”. National Geographic. June 2010. p80-109.
For a webpage:Author’s name, Title. database name in Italic (if from a database), Date you accessed it, <url of the page>
Example: Eileen McSaveney. Historic earthquakes: Liquefaction demonstrated, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 15/06/2011,
<http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/13/2>
You can use BibMe a fast and easy bibliography maker or EasyBib, same tool, less graphic but more popular…
See also the Information Literacy Tutorial here
