Raymond Briggs

So sad to hear that the author and illustrator of children's books, Raymond Briggs, died today.  Our students will probably remember him best for The Snowman book, which was also made into a beautiful film.

The Hunger Games

Amazingly Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games book was first published in 2008, but the series remains very popular with our students nearly 15 years later.  The first film was released ten years ago, in 2012, which of course reignited interest in the books.  Our students were very excited about the prequel to The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, published in 2020.  We are pretty sure they will be excited to hear that the film of the book is due to be released in 2023, we know we are!

Marcus Rashford

 

Marcus Rashford MBE, sportsperson, Manchester United & England International Footballer, author and social campaigner is now to become guest editor of a special edition of the Beano comic!!  That is sure to turn out to be a collector's item!

We have his best seller, You Are a Champion, in our Lower School Library along with Matt and Tom Oldfield's book Rashford.  Marcus' new book, You Can Do It, will be on our shelves in September.

Summer Reading Challenge

Libraries across the UK are once again inviting young people to take up the Summer Reading Challenge. You can get involved by joining here. The Reading Agency are teaming up with the Science Museum for a science themed challenge called Gadgeteers. Don't forget to sign up for a summer of reading, discovery and fun!

Win National Book Tokens

 

This summer, National Book Tokens are giving away a £25 of National Book Tokens every week until the end of August. Simply upload a photo of your holiday reading to their gallery, and say in a few words where you plan to read, and you are in with a chance to win!  All ages are welcome to enter.

New Children's Laureate

 

Congratulations to Joseph Coelho the new Children's Laureate for 2022-2024.

Summer is here!

A big thank you to our Year 12 Library Assistants, Avril and Emily, for putting together this lovely summer reading Library display to help encourage and inspire our students to read over the summer break.