As the War Memorial Library is
for the use of KS4 and 5 students and staff only and we are aware that the KS3
students do not get to see the memorial, we are hoping to arrange a timetable
of visit for the Year 7 students during Form Time this term.
Friday, 8 November 2013
Remembrance Day – lest we forget
Monday, 4 November 2013
Celebrating Michael Morpurgo
To celebrate
Michael Morpurgo’s 70th birthday, his publishers HarperCollins, will
be promoting 30 of his books throughout the month of November. Schools, libraries and bookshops will be
invited to focus, week by week, on themes of Animals, War, Legends and Voyages
as represented throughout his books. The
first book they will be focusing on is War
Horse.
Michael Morpurgo is taking part in a one off
event at the National Theatre on Sunday 10th November 2013 at 5pm to
mark Remembrance Sunday called Anthems for Peace. For more information and to book tickets visit
the Anthems for Peace web page.
War Horse and other titles by Michael Morpurgo are available to borrow from the Discovery Library.
War Horse and other titles by Michael Morpurgo are available to borrow from the Discovery Library.
Friday, 25 October 2013
Children’s Laureate, Malorie Blackman, named as UK’s most influential black figure
According
to a report from BBC Entertainment and Arts news online, author Malorie
Blackman has topped publishing company Powerful Media’s annual Powerlist, which
also included athlete Mo Farah and media agency boss Karen Blackett.
Malorie Blackman
began her career as a computer programmer and TV scriptwriter before writing
her first book, as she believed that there was a lack of children's stories featuring black
characters.She has now written more than 60 books, including Noughts and Crosses, Pig-Heart Boy, Hacker and Cloud-Busting. We have a selection of her books in both the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries, including her new book Trust Me.
Monday, 21 October 2013
New Books
We have introduced 'New books' pages on our blog for the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries to let you know what is new for you to read. We will be providing regular updates and promoting our new books based upon a theme in the Discovery Library and providing a short synopsis for new books in the War Memorial Library.
To kick off, we have chosen 'next in the series…' as our theme in the Discovery Library, with new books available by Anthony Horowitz, Jacqueline Wilson, Ally Carter, Andrew Lane, Lauren Child and Robert Muchamore.
To kick off, we have chosen 'next in the series…' as our theme in the Discovery Library, with new books available by Anthony Horowitz, Jacqueline Wilson, Ally Carter, Andrew Lane, Lauren Child and Robert Muchamore.
Keep a look out in the Discovery Library for the ‘recommended reads’ bookmarks in books that other students have enjoyed, and our ‘like for like author’ shelf talkers, suggesting other authors you might like. Don't forget to ask your Librarians to help you find a book and check out Lovereading4kids for reading recommendations and to find out more about your favourite authors.
Friday, 18 October 2013
Lights, camera, read!
We have a
new display of books that have been made into films in the War Memorial
Library. Including Meg Rosoff's teen dystopian novel How I Live Now, the
gothic supernatural romance Beautiful Creatures by
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the spellbinding and tragic The Great Gatsby by
F Scott Fitzgerald. Come and browse and
borrow and let us know which you enjoyed best, the book or the film!
Carve out time to read this Halloween!
Man Booker 2013 winner announced
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