Embedded Files
Available through Hurunui District Library
If you don't know your library card number or PIN, email or call Christopher Brown
cb@hurunuicollege.school.nz 03-314-4652
eMAGAZINES
OverDrive on a computer
Libby app on smartphones & tablets
Formerly RBDigital.
Use Overdrive on a computer.
Use Libby by Overdrive app for Android or Apple devices.
eNEWSPAPERS & eMAGAZINES (global)
PressReader Global newspapers & magazines.
*Stuff newspapers are only available using an APNK computer in a library.
PressReader login available via the Hurunui District Library ELibrary page or click here: PressReader
At the PressReader landing page click Sign in,
click Library or Group button,
in the Search Libraries and Groups box type hurunui,
click Library Hurunui District Libraries (Off Site)
enter your library card number & PIN then click Sign in
An on-line learning platform with courses to help anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills.
You must be 16 or older to use this service
Use your library card number and PIN to access LinkedIn Learning
KANOPY Streaming movies & documentaries
Free with your library card and PIN. Limit of 10 movies a month, but Kanopy Kids is unlimited.
hurunui.kanopy.com/DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOMS
From Central Otago libraries a variety of Escape room challenges to try
Digital Escape Rooms
https://codc-qldc.govt.nz/blog/digital-escape-rooms
HEARTSTOPPER
HEARTSTOPPER
The original web comic version of the popular Netflix series. This link takes you to Page 18 where the story stars. Each 'episode' is quite short!
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/heartstopper/list?title_no=329660&page=18He Paki Taonga i a Maui
He Paki Taonga i a Maui
From Te Papa Tongarewa, stories in te reo with english sub-titles
He Paki Taonga i a Maui
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/he-paki-taonga-i-maui
READ OUT LOUD
READ OUT LOUD
You Tube channel with authors reading their book. Junior level stories
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQpiwqF3in_NBP0k5dM9CzK7zrPBYix5
Virtual School Library
Virtual School Library
Children's authors talk, give ideas about reading and writing. Check out Derek Landy!
Virtual School Library
https://www.thenational.academy/pupils/years
Beano
Beano
Online kids comic - heaps of great stuff!
Beano
https://www.beano.com/
Breaking Cat News
Breaking Cat News
News by cats, for cats... great fun!
Breaking Cats News
https://www.breakingcatnews.com/
International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library
Free books to read on line. Good selection
International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.html
MARVEL COMICS
MarvelHQ has some free comics to read
NOT FOR CHILDREN (RNZ)
Novels suitable for teenagers, read to you, from Radio New Zealand
www.rnz.co.nz/collections/not-for-childrenOPEN LIBRARY
eBooks for all ages. You need to sign up, it's free. Books can be read on a computer or eReader formats can be downloaded
https://openlibrary.org/STORYTIME FROM SPACE
An astronaut on the International Space Station will read you a story!
https://storytimefromspace.com/library/TOITOI TV
Toitoi celebrates the creative spirit of young New Zealanders. They publish original material that reflects the culture and experiences of NZ life, that can connect to and inspire other young people..
UNITE FOR LITERACY
STORYNORY
Fairy tales, myths, stories, poems. music and history, read by actors, with the text on screen. You can download to listen off-line. Does have ads on screen!
www.storynory.com/HARPER KIDS
A YouTube channel of books read to you
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiYzMwyBPG96EDjV7MAohaCnXoQnqiBmGNZ ROAD CODE
General Road Code
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roadcode/general-road-code/Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Road code home page
https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/OPEN CULTURE E-BOOKS
Free e-Books to download for eReaders and other devices. Mostly classics.
www.openculture.com/free_ebooksGOODNIGHT KIWI
A collection of well known people reading stories, from TVNZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/goodnight-kiwiPROJECT GUTENBERG FREE E-BOOKS
These are mostly classics and out-of-copyright books, and some titles that authors have given permission to have. Download for computer, eReaders etc
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/WEB COMICS
A selection of web comics, some with many episodes!
Suitable for Primary readers
WormWorld saga After his mother dies, Jonas escapes into his daydreams. After finding a portal in his grandmother’s painting, he finds himself lost in a fantasy world, and he can’t get back! Comes in English, German, Spanish and French!
Bird and Moon—Science and Nature Comics Rosemary Mosco, a naturalist and science writer, presents funny, 4-pane comics on topics like How to have a perfect evening, Meet the Moons of Mars, Uses for sick and snot!!
Deep Dark Fears Kids send their secret fears to author Fran Krause, who then makes a funny comic page out of them. After the first one (about skin regenerating) scroll down the page to find plenty more! Only 4 panes to each one!
Suitable for Secondary readers
As Per Usual This is a web comic about Dami Lee as she tries to become ‘a real lady person’. Issues like dating woes and FOMO in the age of social distancing. Done like a blog, currently at episode 434!!
On a Sunbeam Captain Charlotte, with her team Alma, Jules and Elliot travel through space fixing and rebuilding beautiful and broken things. Then Mia joins the crew and you find out why! This is a space romance story and was rated a top 10 graphic novel by the Young Adult Library Services Association of America.
MINDLAB
activities, sponsored by Genesis Energy. The link takes you to 16 activities you can download, but there are other activities in the menus. You can sign up to join challenges.
Probably TOMFOOLERY
A YouTube channel with original poems, several Covid related, performed by Kiwi-born Welsh poet Tomos Roberts. 'The Great Realisation' poem was viewed over 30 millions times in the first week it was posted.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCk7eaoHjnZ9LPODv_S7ZJhAKAUWHATA REO
A one-stop source of resources for te reo Māori. https://kauwhatareo.govt.nz/en/
FREE E-BOOKS Downloadable
A selection of books by NZ author Tom Bradley - some parents will remember Tom, he was a TV presenter and newsreader. These can be downloaded as PDFs or in a format for eBook readers
MATT STANTON
Australian Kids author Matt Stanton reads his stories to you on his YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-yxV9EqwOedwT-ODCGOYob5GvIrYJD1xDR SEUSS in rap
Wes Tank's You Tube channel, where he reads well known Dr Seuss stories in rap!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCcuLSr4UhAU8Rdegc264srgHARRY POTTER AT HOME
Sign up (free) to this website for everything Harry Potter!
Free online puzzle sites
CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Online crossword puzzles. This site will not work at school due to 'game' filtering!
PUZZLES QUIZZES GAMES...
A huge variety of activities, logic puzzles, quizzes, optical illusions, codes, memory tests, sudoku, wordsearch...
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
michaelbach.de/ot/index.html
A fun page with optical illusions
https://www.optics4kids.org/optical-illusionsBRAIN TEASERS
HOW ABOUT LEARNING A LANGUAGE? Duolingo asks you to sign up (it's free) and asks how serious you are about doing it. You can stop any time! Give it a go. duolingo.com (You can even learn Klingon!)
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