Ginette Cameron-Gardner Primary Teacher/Librarian

The Primary Library has a wide selection of books to appeal to the varied ages and interests of the students. We also have a selection of books in Hebrew which are borrowed more by parents, such as the Harry Potter [Hebrew] series JNF 492.4 ROW and The Kite Runner [Hebrew] by Khaled Hosseini JNF 492.4 HOS   

A tangle of magic by Valija Zinck. This is a zany, magical adventure. JF ZIN

Summary: Penelope lives with her mother and grandmother. She has been told that her father died years ago. She has grey hair even though she is only ten. When her mother has an accident and lands up in hospital, Penelope finds strange things happening to her. She wakes up to find her hair has changed drastically – it is no longer ‘limp grey strands sprouting from her head’ – she has a wild tangle of ‘hair as red as fire’. Other amazing things happen such as she can predict what her mother is going to ask, and this disturbs her mother.   

She hears her mother talking to her grandmother about a man who was the love of her life and she wonders… could the L. Gardener on the label on the envelope sent to her mother be Leo Gardener, her father? She confronts her mother and learns that not only is her father alive, he is also a wizard. Pamela has inherited his hair and perhaps she has also inherited his magic powers! She is determined to try and find him.

Grumpy little girls and the princess party by Lindsay Camp and Daniel Postgate. Located in Junior picture books at J CAM Specially purchased to appeal to the younger students.

Summary: Watch Out! Here come the Grumpy Little Girls — animal-mad Lulu, imaginative Maisie, tiny-but-fierce Ruby, and big, bouncy Fiz. Each very different, all very grumpy! Maisie’s going to have the best princess party ever. But when she sees Ruby’s perfect dress, she soon turns very grumpy indeed – after all she wants to the most beautiful princess there. But things turn from bad to worse when Lulu’s pet woodlouse accidentally gets squashed. This could turn out to be one of the grumpiest parties ever!                                   

                                            Girls can do anything by Caryl Hart; illustrated by Ali Pye. JNF 823.3 HAR.

Summary: Girls come in all different colours and sizes. They delight and amaze us. They’re full of surprises. Girls can do anything they want to do. And, if you are a girl, you can do these things too! Do you want to climb a mountain? Drive a fire engine? Become Prime Minister? Join the girls in the pages of this book to see the incredible things they do every day – and find out what you might like to do!  A picture book for every girl with a dream.

Superworm by Julia Donaldson; illustrated by Axel Scheffler. A fun story told in rhyme  – this book is located in the Poetry section of the Primary Library at JNF 808.81 DON.

Summary: Superworm is super-long. Superworm is super-strong. Watch him wiggle! See him squirm! There’s no one quite like Superworm! If there’s a problem, far or near, never fear … our hero’s here!

Superworm fishes Spider out of a well, and rescues Toad from a busy road. But who will come to Superworm’s rescue when he’s captured by a wicked Wizard Lizard? Luckily, Superworm’s creepy-crawly friends have a cunning plan. Will they succeed in rescuing him or not? Read the book and find out.

We have a diverse collection of fiction and non-fiction books, all with the aim of meeting the reading needs of the Emanuel Community and we encourage use of the Primary Library.                                                                  

If you would like to recommend books for our collection please contact me as suggestions are welcomed!