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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
Freya, Alice, Luka and Julia each bagged a cracker 😀 📚.
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.
September 2024: Action and Adventure
September 2024: 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.
Three of the amazing action and adventure books featured in our September 2024 book talk
Three of the amazing action and adventure books featured in our September 2024 book talk
Wolf. WOLF. WOOOOLFFFF!
I Am Wolf is the first of a trilogy. It’s a sci-fi adventure in a world of huge mechanical beasts with human crews, roaming the land and fighting for territory.
For young Coll, Wolf is his home and his life – but when he becomes separated, everything changes. Can Coll survive on the ground? Can he find Wolf again? And if he does … will they accept him back?
I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven’t got your safety harness on, you haven’t got your lifejacket on. You shouldn’t be doing this … I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream.
Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone …
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 2024: Welcome new S1 classes to library periods and the book talk programme.
August 2024: Welcome new S1 classes to library periods and 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
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