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ExQUIZite Summer

Swim into sunny season with this month’s quiz and DPL’s summer reading programmes for children and adults.

 There are 2 rounds, with a total of 20 points up for grabs. 

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Who Wrote It?

Can you name the authors behind these seasonal stories (all available from Dunedin Public Libraries, either on the shelves, in our basement stack or as an eBook)?

1. The summer I turned pretty

2. One summer: America 1927 (Hint: it’s the only nonfiction book on the list)

3. It happened one summer

4. Foxglove summer

5. The summer of Jordi Perez

6. Suddenly last summer (Hint: it’s a play)

7. Summer at Mount Hope

8. A midsummer night’s dream

9. Farewell summer

10. Summer (Hint: Part 4 of the Seasonal Quartet series)

Summertime Smash Hits

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All of these songs hit the top of the summertime charts in New Zealand, from the 90s to now(ish). Can you name the artist? (Check out our CD collection to listen to these artists and many, many more.)

1. I can see clearly now

2. As long as you love me

3. S Club party

4. Believe

5. Get the party started

6. Poker face

7. Black box

8. Happy

9. Uptown funk

10. All I want for Christmas is you

Image credits
Images from Pixabay

Sources
· DPL catalogue
· Goodreads
· Fantastic fiction
· Music.net.nz (includes details of chart toppers across the years)