Wednesday, 31 May 2017

May 2017 Top 10 Books

1. Minecraft redstone handbook


Collection : PL - Games & Puzzles

2. Minecraft construction handbook


Collection : PL - Games & Puzzles

3. Diary of wimpy kid: old school


Collection : PL - Fiction

4. I will take a nap!


Collection : PL - Picture Fiction

5. Cabin fever


Collection : PL - Fiction

6. George's Marvelous Medicine


Collection : PL - Fiction

7. Excellent excuses (and other good stuff)


Collection : PL - Fiction

8. Gangsta Granny


Collection : PL - Fiction

9. The Force awakens: the visual dictionary


Collection : PL - Movie Books

10. The princess and the pea


Collection : PL - Book and CD

Monday, 22 May 2017

Be a good library user



Some books that might help you to understand more about manners and etiquette in your daily life. 

Monday, 15 May 2017

Happy Birthday, David Almond!


Happy Birthday to David Almond who was born on 15th May, 1951. He is a great author and had won many awards throughout his career in writing books. If you never read any books by him yet, I think you should put them in your list!


The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world. The gods have created a world - they've built mountains, a sea and a sky - and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds. That's until Harry, Sue and little Ben begin to fill the gasp of the world: with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing. As the children's ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever imagined. This graphic novel book is rated 3.65 in the Goodreads website. 


In this book, David Almond bring us a joyfully life-affirming and fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy. Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy and he is brought by his untie and uncle after his parents died, but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear, his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish. Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery and the stench of mackerel, and Uncle Ernie's obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish! Stan, however, has his own destiny, which leads him to Pancho Pirelli, the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas. And as Stan delves into the waters, he finally discovers who he really can be. This book is mostly aimed a young children, from range of 8-12. 


This book listed in Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009) award. Written in the third person, this book tells the story of Lizzie and her father. Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops around to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft. But today there's something unusual going on: why is Dad building himself a pair of wings and studying the birds to see how they fly? This book is suitable for the range age of 6-12.


It is a story of first love. A love that draws on ancient and mythic forces. A love that leads Ella, Orpheus and Claire to the gates of death and beyond. This book had won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2015.

Sunday, 14 May 2017

Happy Birthday, Eoin Colfer!


Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer is an Irish author of children's books. He was born 14th May 1965. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-timer writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series.


Thursday, 11 May 2017

Kuala Lumpur Novel Knockout 2017

On Tuesday, 9th May, two teams represented GIS in the Primary section of the annual Kuala Lumpur Novel Knockout reading competition at ISKL Melawati. This a very challenging competition where the participants need to read and remember every details written in all eight books, fiction and non-fiction. Our students competed against students from 15 other international schools, answering written and socrative question about all books they have been reading over the last term.


Our two teams came away with 1st and 2nd position, what a fantastic result. Well done to all the students involved for their commitment in preparing for the competition, as well as their performance on the day.

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Happy Birthday, Oliver Jeffers!


Do you know who Oliver Jeffers is? He is a Northern Irish artist, illustrator and author who now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He had produced a lot of fun and interesting books that suitable for all ages. He was born on May 10th, 1977. If you have the same birth date with him, Happy Birthday for you too 🎉🎉

Books written by him.

Books illustrated by him.


For more information and news about him, you can follow him directly from his website.

Thursday, 4 May 2017

You wouldn't want to live without...


Be grateful, or else you'll regret! This series will make you thankful with whatever you have in your life. There's a very good chance that you wouldn't want to fine yourself in any of the situation; however, you'll definitely enjoy reading them! The fun text and funny illustration will make you really into reading factual books.

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Poetry Wars


The last writing competition of the year is upon us! This year's Poetry Competition themes are:

Journeys
Some ideas for the subject of your poem could be:

  • a journey you have been on
  • a journey you would like to go on
  • a great (or terrible!) journey
  • people or animals that embark on great journeys

Home Sweet Home
Some ideas for the subject of your poem could be:

  • your home - either the place you live or the place you are from
  • a place you would like to live
  • objects or belongings that remind you of home
  • people that you feel 'at home' around

You do not have to use one of these ideas - be creative!

Poems must be submitted by Friday, 19th May 2017.

Years 1 & 2 - hand your entries in to Miss Rachel
Years 3 - 6 - submit your poems digitally to Mr. Archer at archer.a@gardenschool.edu.my

(Please make sure you include your name and class in the title.)