Manukau City Council - Your Library

 challenges with a star are suitable for younger children

Mission: Obtain your web challenge sticker from Mission Control (your library) by completing 3 (or more) of the following:

• Visit the website of a famous book detective - some suggestions are:
  • Zac Power  website | what books do we have?
  • Jack Stalwart  website | what books do we have?
  • Jane Blonde  website | what books do we have?
  • Alex Rider  website | what books do we have?
  • Trixie Belden  website | what books do we have?
  • Famous Five  website | what books do we have?
  • Cam Jansen  website | what books do we have?
  • Max Remy  website | what books do we have?
• Become a Geospy
• I Spy:
  • Help Tim find objects by colour 
  • Be a detective (you will need Flash for this)
• Effective Detective
  • Become a history detective
  • Play the Effective Detective with Fern (you will need Flash for this)
• Food Detective
  • Become a food detective
  • Calling all junior food detectives!
• Visit the website of your favourite author - some sites to get you started:
  • the Children's Literature Web Guide
  • Interviews with NZ children's authors (Christchurch City Libraries)
  • Information about NZ authors (NZ Book Council)
• Some of our favourite author websites:
  • Jacqueline Wilson  website | what books do we have?
  • J. K. Rowling  website | what books do we have? | Harry Potter movies
  • Eric Carle  website | what books do we have?
  • Lauren Child  website | what books do we have?
  • Joy Cowley  website | what books do we have?
  • Morris Gleitzman  website | what books do we have?
  • Paul Jennings  website | what books do we have?
  • Lemony Snicket  website | what books do we have? | watch the movie
  • Emily Rodda  website | what books do we have?
• Visit a website from the Books and Authors section of our website
• Read a Tumblebook or a Bookflix e-book
• Sign up for a NextReads newsletter
• Do an online book review