Bookworm for January 2007
Ordering Books
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Each book is given an alphabet letter.
In your message you will need to give your name, address and the alphabet letter of the book that you want.
When your message is received the book will either be posted out to you or your name will go on the waiting list.
Audio Books
Young Adult
Book A: Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz.
Teenage super spy Alex Rider is reeling from the discovery that his father was an assassin for the criminal organization, Scorpia. Determined to find out more he travels to Italy where he manages to infiltrate the gang. Soon he becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren and destabilise the world. Read by Merv Smith on 6 cassettes - 7 hours, 55 minutes. Produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Sponsored by the N R Thomson Charitable Trust.
Sequel to: Eagle strike -- TB7259
Has sequel: Ark Angel -- TB7519
Book number: TB7303
Book number: HTB7303
Intermediate
Book B: Maddigan’s fantasia by Margaret Mahy.
After the time of Chaos ripped the world apart, a bizarre group of travellers brave the twisting, tricksy landscape of Remaking. They are the acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and musician who make up Maddigan's Fantasia. At the centre of the troupe is twelve-year-old Garland, the ringmaster's daughter. She is worried about the sinister strangers who follow the troupe. Read by Madeleine Hyland on 9 cassettes - 13 hours. Produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Sponsored by Nancy Thomson.
Book number: TB7521
Book number: HTB7521
Junior
Book C: Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis; [dramatization/director, Paul McCusker].
Four children return to Narnia where they discover a war in progress, and go to the aid of Prince Caspian and his army of talking beasts to free Narnia from evil.
Read by a full cast on 4 cassettes - 3 hours, 20 minutes. Produced by BBC Audiobooks.
Sequel to: The horse and his boy -- CBC44838; TB1096.
Has sequel: The voyage of the Dawn Treader -- CBC44
Book number: CBC44873
Braille Books
Young Adult
Book D: Hunter by Joy Cowley.
In 2005 Jordan and her two younger brothers survive a plane crash but are stranded on the West coast of New Zealand. In 1805 a young Maori slave, who has the gift of sight, is hiding in the same Fiordland location. He realises he needs to escape his hunters but must also help this golden haired girl. If only she will listen. 3 volumes of braille. Produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.
Book number: HL44495
Intermediate
Book E: The forests, 1860-1900 by Kevin Boon.
The author traces the history surrounding the clearing and use of New Zealand's native forest resources from gum diggers and pit-sawyers, to milling, building and export. 1 volume of braille. Produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.
Book number: HL43370
Junior
Book F: Dr Seuss on the loose by Dr. Seuss.
A collection of rip-roaring rhymes from the master of verse. 1 volume of braille: uncontracted, single sided, double spaced. Produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.
Book number: BR4430
Book number: HL39197
Large Print Books
Young Adult
Book G: Hunter by Joy Cowley.
In 2005 Jordan and her two younger brothers survive a plane crash but are stranded on the West coast of New Zealand. In 1805 a young Maori slave, who has the gift of sight, is hiding in the same Fiordland location. He realises he needs to escape his hunters but must also help this golden haired girl. If only she will listen. 172 pages. This large print edition produced by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.
Book number: LP44496
Intermediate
Book H: The penultimate peril by Lemony Snicket.
In this next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, the siblings pose as concierges at the Hotel Denouement to learn the identities and intentions of certain enemies, encountering characters from their past adventures and pondering the nature of nobility and villainy. 307 pages. This large print edition produced by Galaxy, BBC Audiobooks.
Book number: LP44866
Junior
Book I: Don't cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon; illustrated by Tony Ross.
Miss Good Fairy is teaching Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Snow White and their classmates to read and write, while Miss Bad Fairy is urging her evil pupils to gobble them all up. But Wicked Witch, Troll, Big Bad Wolf, the Ugly Sisters and the rest are in for a shock. 80 pages. This large print edition produced by Galaxy, BBC Audiobooks.
Book number: LP45738