The Wrappers Recommend

The following books were recommended by Wrappers at our August meeting. Try one - you might find your new favourite story! Just click on the title to go to the library catalogue and place your reservation. Online stories have links directly to the websites.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling  

The Natural History Book by Becky Alexander 

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

The Clocks and other murder mysteries by Agatha Christie

After by Morris Gleitzman

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Johanson

Answer a Question and Win

What does your bookshelf look like? Are the books mostly organised in a tidy manner or are they more of a higgledy-piggledy mess? 

Fill in your answer on the Google Form and be in to win a brand new book. Open to Kāpiti District residents only. The winner will be drawn at the next Wrappers meeting on Friday 5 August. 

Just for Fun

The Wrappers Recommend

The following books were recommended by Wrappers at our July meeting. Try one - you might find your new favourite story! Just click on the title to go to the library catalogue and place your reservation. Online stories have links directly to the websites. 

Unrivaled by Alyson Noel

The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

Namesake (online story)    Read the blurb
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Winter by Hollandaise (AKA The Wrappers)

deep velvet darkness

the sleeping hush of the world

cosy quiet solitude

knitted blankets

burpees

sharp

like

influenza

but

guava

snowshoe hare

magic

is

Minnesota

public transport breakdown

dancing in the rain

unsocial family meals with books

miraculous sunny days

pine cones

and quiet days

are

pinpricks of exploding light

shivering through school

indoors

miserable cold and wet

reading by the fire

the crunch of burning wood

steaming mugs

blankets piled high

rain lashing windows

spiderwebs with raindrops

as

dragon’s breath

Christmas

hot chocolate

cold chocolate

snow flake

frosty air

blue, white, red, green, muted colours

in hot porridge

ice fishing at hockey

crystal kiss

morning frost

crackling fire

pearl droplets of ice

frozen lake

Ice hockey but

fire burning bright so

marshmallows melting in cocoa

hot chocolate

frost into snow

spikey stars of snow

The Wrappers Recommend

The following books were recommended by Wrappers at our May meeting. Try one - you might find your new favourite story! Just click on the title to go to the library catalogue and place your reservation.

Wonder by R J Palacio

Karneval by Touya Mikanagi

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

The Fish of Maui

To our friends in Russia:

We have prepared an audio recording for you.  It is our retelling of a Maori legend called The Fish of Maui.  The Maori people came to New Zealand hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived and they have many legends about the history of the land, culture and the natural world.  One of them tells the story of how the land of New Zealand (Aotearoa in Maori) was created. Maui is a hero who appears in several legends and in this legend he catches a VERY big fish. We hope you enjoy it and can understand us!  

Best wishes,
The Wrappers



The You Tube version below is in Maori with English subtitles and pictures from a well known book version of the legend.