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September 2025: Action and Adventure
September 2025: Action and Adventure
New S1 and New S1 book talks
New S1 and New S1 book talks
September is all about sharing exciting adventure and action books in the first S1 book talk of the new session.
The action zips along to keep us all entertained.
The plots range from curious to peculiar to crazy.
Talk about a recipe for lots of reading!
All of the books in the book talks are available to borrow and read. There are also lots more to choose in the library - all filled with action and adventure.
Two of the amazing action and adventure books featured in our September 2025 book talk
Two of the amazing action and adventure books featured in our September 2025 book talk
The enemies-to-lovers heist with an ending everyone's talking about, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, 2024.
Soon to be a major movie and picked for Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Book Club.
For fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Suzanne Collins.
This is one of the most popular series in S1: James Choke is recruited into the ranks of CHERUB - a secret organisation established during World War II, which trains children between ten and seventeen as spies. CHERUB agents live in the real world, slipping under the adult radar and collecting information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail - and for official purposes, these children do not exist.
The first book in Robert Muchamore's spectacular CHERUB series follows James through his gruelling basic training, and an undercover mission which sees him helping to foil a group of terrorists. Chilling, convincing and brilliantly-written, this adventure will grip readers from beginning to end.
August 2025: Welcome new S1 classes to library periods and to the book talk programme.
August 2025: Welcome new S1 classes to library periods and to the book talk programme.
Learning about the library, about fiction and having some fun during library lessons
Learning about the library, about fiction and having some fun during library lessons
2024 -25
2024 -25
April 2025: Where in Scotland?
April 2025: Where in Scotland?
Books set in Scotland and books by Scottish authors
Books set in Scotland and books by Scottish authors
A map of Scotland will be shared and we will find out where the books are set.
March 2025: Classics.
March 2025: Classics.
Our book talk includes four must-read books which have the power to hook everyone and... they open our minds to cultures beyond our own.
Classics are wonderful books that are unexpected, astonishing, and boundary-breaking and that’s why we are still reading them. If you want breakneck plots, or to glean knowledge of different cultures, or want to feel a creeping sense of dread or, just want a laugh, have a look at the classics on our shelves for your next read.
All are available to borrow and read and enjoy! Ask Mrs Toonen for guidance.
For more classics to explore, have a look here.
Our four classics in the spotlight in March 2025
Our four classics in the spotlight in March 2025
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Victorian arson: it’s not all damp squibs in Jane Eyre! Photograph: Don McPhee/Collect/PR
Look a little bit closer and it’s clear that many young adult novels draw inspiration from some of the most well-known classics: from Twilight’s similarities to gothic romance (think Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) to The Hunger Games’ dystopian roots in books such as Brave New World and Nineteen-Eighty-Four.
Look a little bit closer and it’s clear that many young adult novels draw inspiration from some of the most well-known classics: from Twilight’s similarities to gothic romance (think Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) to The Hunger Games’ dystopian roots in books such as Brave New World and Nineteen-Eighty-Four.
Many classics, at their core, also remain incredibly relevant to our current day and age. Have a read why: here.
Many classics, at their core, also remain incredibly relevant to our current day and age. Have a read why: here.
Swallows and Amazons.
Swallows and Amazons.
Week beginning 27 January
Week beginning 27 January
October 2024 - March 2025 - Project-based Learning - Nature
October 2024 - March 2025 - Project-based Learning - Nature
Happy readers
Happy readers
Books can play a huge role in tackling many sustainability and environmental issues. The right characters and stories can help explain these topics in a way that makes them accessible to our learners, helps them to understand how they can make a difference to the world, reconnects them with the world around them, and most importantly, empowers them to take action for their environments. You’re never too young to save the world!
Some of the great books in our S1 Project -based Learning Nature book talk
Some of the great books in our S1 Project -based Learning Nature book talk
Enjoy leafing through our great selection and grab a blooming good book!
Enjoy leafing through our great selection and grab a blooming good book!
January 2025: enjoying the beautiful books after the Nature book talk
January 2025: enjoying the beautiful books after the Nature book talk
The S1 December book talks will be during the week beginning 2 December.
The S1 December book talks will be during the week beginning 2 December.
Dead Good Books: crime capers.
Dead Good Books: crime capers.
December 2024
December 2024
There’s simply no doubt about it: nothing beats a good mystery.
No matter how old you are, crime fiction can hook you in, take you on a roller coaster ride and leave you desperate to find out what happens at the end.
We have fun, friendship, scares, thrills and all are great reads in our detective stories for November - with lots more to choose too - in the library.
Get reading and sleuthing!
Click If You Dare:
Click If You Dare:
Spooktacular Supernatural Stories for Nightmarish November
Spooktacular Supernatural Stories for Nightmarish November
beginning 4 November
beginning 4 November
Who doesn't love a good scary story, something to send a chill across your skin?
'Tis the season for creepy-crawlies up your spine, so be prepared for some shivers in these great books and for plenty of entertainment too.
Hear about them in the book talks, borrow and curl up and enjoy!
There are lots more to choose in the library too.
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