Library News
Diana Farfalla
BOOK CLUB ISSUE 2 IS OPEN!
Students will be bringing home Book Club Issue 2 catalogue.
Visit http://scholastic.com.au/LOOP Visit the website and pay by credit card only please.
Attention BPS families and a warm welcome to our new families, please have a look at the first Book Club catalogue for 2022. Your order will be electronically linked to the BPS order. You do not need to complete the order form. Please place your order online!
All book orders are ONLINE ONLY! All orders are due in by Tuesday 15th of March. Every order earns FREE books and resources for our school.
Thank you for sharing the joy of reading,
Diana Farfalla
Library manager
BOOK OF THE MONTH . . . MARCH
THE STRAY DOG
by Marc Simont
By the illustrator of The Caldecott Medal
This book is based on a true story.
A little dog is found at a family picnic. the family enjoy their day playing all afternoon with the stray dog. Of course, the children wish to take the dog home but know they can't because it must belong to a family who love him. The family say good-bye and go home. All week they think of the stray dog and wonder about him. One week later the family go back in hope to find the little dog. They find him! The dogcatcher finds him too! The quick thinking children find a way to save the little stray dog.
All children will love this one!
Dream of living in FRANCE?
BUT YOU ARE IN FRANCE MADAME
by Catherine Berry
If you love France, dream of travelling to France or want to live in France, then this is a must-read book for you.
Catherine Berry packed her bags with her young Australian family searching for the passion of French living.
This book will take you on a journey, a' la francaise!
All is not so easy as it was Down Under!
Read about the family's planned 12 month adventure (that went for 3 and a half years) with all the highs and lows in a foreign land, that they learned to call home.
Tres bien!
LOOK WHAT IS NEW IN THE LIBRARY!
Here are a collection of beautiful, picturesque, lyrical and fact filled non-fiction books by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long.
You can now borrow these books from the BPS Library.
Have a closer look inside one these books! Look at the image below . . .
SUMMER READING 2022
Summer days are here to stay for a little longer!
Here is a list of recommended reads for more Summer reading days.
All these new books are here in the library at BPS!
Your local bookshop is a good place too, to find these new books and to stay connected and keep up to date on the latest releases.
PICTURE STORY BOOKS
PIG THE ELF by Aaron Blabey (This is a favourite always!)
CAT DOG by Mem Fox
WE FOUND A CAT by Heidi McKinnon
WALK OF WHALES by Nick Bland
THE ACCIDENTAL PENGUIN HOTEL by Andrew Kelly (realistic fiction)
WINSTON AND THE INDOOR CAT by Leila Rudge
WHO'S A GOOSE? by Scott Stuart
SHOO by Susie Bower
NORTON AND THE BORROWING BEAR by Gabriel Evans
FICTION
WANDI by Favel Parrett
MARCIE GILL AND THE CARAVAN PARK CAT by Monica McInerney
AN UNEXPECTED HERO:POW POW PIG 1 by Anh Do
THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PERCULIAR PAIRS IN NATURE by Sami Bayley (non-fiction)
ALWAYS by Morris Gleitzman (upper primary)
ARE YOU THERE BUDDHA? by Pip Harry. The award-winning author of The Little Wave and a favourite read at BPS. (upper primary)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN:THE USUAL SUSPECT by Phoebe McArthur (upper primary)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP by Maryam Master (upper primary)
THE ASTONISHING CHRONICLES OF OSCAR FROM ELSEWHERE by Jaclyn Moriarty (upper primary)
