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Readers' Guides and Recommendations

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Readers' Guides

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• Top Tales: A Hollyhill Library Guide to Popular Fiction (323 KB, updated August 2010)
• Bloody Good Reads: A Hollyhill Library Guide to Crime and Thriller Fiction (710 KB, updated June 2010)
• Lust For Life: A Hollyhill Library Guide to Lifestyle and Wellbeing  (774 KB, updated June 2010)
• Heritage & History: Hollyhill Library Guide to Local and World History Resources  (256 KB, updated August 2010)
• Scarlet Letters: A Cork City Libraries Guide to Romance and Popular Fiction (743 KB, updated June 2010)
• A Hollyhill Guide to Books on Child Care and Parenting (1.26MB, updated September 2011)

For recommendations and useful websites for readers, visit Cork City Libraries' new website www.constantreader.ie

Hollyhill Staff recommend: 

Biography and History
	Blood Dark Track: A Family History by Joseph O'Neill
	Auschwitz: Nazis and the 'Final Solution' by Laurence Rees
	Jack Doyle: The Gorgeous Gael by Michael Taub
	The Same Age As The State by Máire Cruise O'Brien
	Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

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DVDs
	32A directed by Marian Quinn
	Nowhere Boy directed by Sam Taylor-Wood
	La Balance directed by Bob Swaim
	Strumpet City directed by Tony Barry
	The Triplets of Belleville directed by Sylvain Chomet

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Best websites for kids

Here are our 10 favourite websites for kids and young adult readers:

www.pilkey.com	Contains Groovy Games, you can find out your Captain Underpants name (mine is Stinky Gizzzardchunks), or have fun with the online Flip-o-ramas!
www.jackstalwart.com	Games and quizzes about your favourite boy hero! You can even create your own Jack Stalwart artwork!
www.wimpykid.com	Find out about author Jeff Kinney and the Wimpy Kid books here. You can even wimpify yourself online!
www.peterrabbit.com	Games, and children’s play site. You can even create your own Peter Rabbit puppet show!
www.roalddahl.com	Visit the Treats section for Roald Dahl character quizzes and games.
www.rainbowmagic.co.uk	Play with the Rainbow Magic Fairies. Contains fun and free games, activities and things to print.
www.horridhenry.co.uk	Join the Purple Hand gang or find your Horrid Henry name!
www.jeremystrong.co.uk	All about author Jeremy Strong and his books. You can play Krazy Kow – the game.
www.jkrowling.com	Interactive website – contains Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About JK Rowling, Harry Potter, of course, and a Wizard of the Month archive.
www.darrenshan.com	Die-hard Darren Shan fans – check out the Extras section for extra and deleted chapters!

We Recommend For Kids and Teens

Picture Books
	The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis
	Smelly Peter The Great Pea Eater by Steve Smallman
	Pants by Giles Andreae
	Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
	Baby Brains Superstar by Simon James

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Books for Younger Readers
	Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
	The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
	The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth by Eoin Colfer
	Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
	Witch Baby and Me by Debi Gliori

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Books for Older Readers
	Jimmy Coates, Power! by Joe Craig
	The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
	The Firework-maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman
	Fergus Crane by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
	Broken Glass by Sally Grindley

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Best Teen Reads
	Chelonia Green Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley
	Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
	Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
	The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
	The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
	Keeper by Mal Peet