Ginnette Cameron-Gardner | Primary Teacher Librarian

NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2019

Another student has completed the Challenge since last week. Ashley Cohn, Year 6. Congratulations and mazal tov.

New books in the Primary Library

The Primary Library has an exciting new treasure hunt/time travel series by Chris Blake.

In the ‘Time Hunters’ series, ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum and releases Isis, a young Egyptian who has been imprisoned for thousands of years in a mummy. To break an ancient curse, the duo must travel back in time to find six hidden amulets – battling Gladiators, Knights, Greeks, Vikings, Pirates and Egyptian Warriors!

They do not find an amulet in each book in the series, sometimes they need to find something that helps them move on to find the next amulet.   For more adventures and competitions there is a QR code in the back of the books to scan.

On Tom and Isis’s first adventure they arrive in Ancient Rome. To find the amulet they will have to fight the fiercest gladiator who ever lived!  Read Gladiator Clash.

In Book 2 Knight Quest Tom and Isis meet the legendary King Arthur’s heroic knights and must bravery in a race to find a legendary golden sword and continue on in the next book to find the next amulet.

Viking Raiders (Book 3 in Time Hunters series.)

On their third journey, Tom and Isis set sail in the freezing cold on a Viking longboat. Will they succeed in their treasure hunt before the terrifying Vikings begin their next raid?

Book 4 Greek Warriors has Tom and Isis becoming Spartan soldiers in a fight against the Trojan warrior. They fight clashing swords and dodge flying arrows in their quest to find the amulet.

The series continues with:

#5 Pirate Mutiny

#6 Egyptian Curse

#7 Cowboy Showdown

#8 Samurai Assistant

#9 Outback Outlaw

#10 Stone Age Rampage

#11 Mohican Brave

#12 Aztec Attack

Another new series is Dotty Detective by Clara Vulliamy

A young girl Dot sets up a detective agency with her school friend Bean. Dot loves super-sour apple sherbets, running fast, and puzzles – especially if they’re really tricky. She and Beans enjoy using codes, secret messages and special signs. With the help of Beans and her trusty dog, Top dog McClusky, Bean is always ready to sniff out a mystery. So, when a mean girl Laura seems set on sabotaging the school talent show, Dot is determined to find out how, and somehow save the day…

A warm-hearted book written in the first person – full of fun and freshness.