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Waiting for the Sun Liblets by Mary Craig.

His name was Jinpa Ngodup, though most people March 2000 called him Emme-La, Little Grandfather. Aged twenty four when he left Tibet, he had never known a time when the Chinese had not ruled his homeland. This is Emme-La’s story, a unique record of the harrowing What’s On experiences of an ordinary Tibetan who suffered the destruction of everything he valued. In 1981, Emme- EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS La fled Tibet to Dharamsala in Northern India. This disturbing insight into one life is also a plea Bookfair display by the Friends of the Public Library Display of jugs Asthma Assoc. never to forget the other victims of one of the worst Relationship Services Skill NZ cases of genocide in recent history. Geyserland Toastmasters Genealogy Society ESOL Home Tutor Scheme Hot Pick Dept of Conservation and Eco-Fest Schizophrenia Fellowship of the

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Rotorua Public Library Te Whare o te Maatauranga

1127 Haupapa St Library Hours: BOOKFAIR Private Bag 3029 Mon.-Fri. 9:30am-8pm Rotorua, Sat. 10am-12:30pm 18th & 19th March 2000 Ph. (07) 3484177 Fax (07) 3489686 Sportsdrome Email [email protected]

12 Months of the Millennium In the third month of the Bigger, brighter, better!! millennium The Librarian said to me - How Much?? Check out all the programs - $2 for one week. You can borrow on CD

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Get a stamp each time you borrow a CD-ROM.

After you have borrowed 5 CD-ROMs, the 6th one is free!

If you think we should buy something please tell us!! Try Some of These New Additions to the CDCD----ROMROM Collection

Fun & Games for All Ages For the Very Young

Card Game Classics – Poker, Solitaire, Bridge, Try the Reader Rabbit series, including for Baby, Baccarat, Blackjack, Cribbage and Gin. Toddler, Preschool and Kindergarten.

Championship Chess – for beginners and grandmasters. Enter the World of the Magic School Bus

Crosswords & Word Games– 7 different word Explore the Solar System. games to challenge and perplex. Find adventure in the Rainforest. Sailing – learn the basics or test your skills in a virtual regatta. Dig inside the Earth.

Tonka Construction 2 – if you are 5 or over, enjoy Come face-to-face with the Dinosaurs. designing and building your own Tonka world. Swim through the Ocean.

Adults’ CD-ROMs are on display near the Issues Desk. Children’s CD-ROMs are on display near the Information Desk. Take the box or card to the Information Desk to borrow or reserve it.

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Kia Ora from the Don Stafford Room The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Festival is a nationwide celebration of children’s books promoting the importance and enjoyment Ahoy there me hearties! of reading this year the festival runs from 27th March to 5th April. This As this goes to press a large proportion of Kiwis year’s finalists are: (not us unfortunately) are glued to their TV Junior Fiction: 2Much4U, Vince Ford screens watching the America’s Cup but this is not Time Out , the only cut-throat yacht racing around. The Bay Three’s A Crowd, Penelope Huber of Plenty Trailer Yacht Squadron races regularly A Villain’s Night Out, here and you can read all about it in The Going For Gold, Trevor Wilson Senior Fiction: Mainsheet in the local newsletter section upstairs. Golden Prince, If you have a urge to take to the water yourself Closed Stranger, Kate De Goldie and don’t wish to run aground, have a look at The Tiggie Tompson Show, the bathymetric maps of the lakes (no, no, not a The Shaman and the Droll, Jack Lasenby map of bath-houses but of water depth). Love & Other Excuses, Jane Westaway Non Fiction: To avoid (or find) Taniwha or other monsters of Red-Eyed Tree Frog, the deep, check out Legends of Rotorua in the The Life Size Guide To Insects, Andrew Crowe Maori collection before you set sail!! Bon Voyage I Am A Fish, Wade Doak Te Wao Nui A Tane, Hirirni Melbourn Myths And Legends Aotearoa, Annie Rea Te Ake Ake Picture Books: The House That Jack Built, The Video Shop Sparrow, Joy Cowley Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, Lynley Dodd Sydney and The Sea Monster, david Elliot Mouse Opera, Richard & Pamela Wolfe

These books will be on display from 27th March to 9th April. They may be reserved.