Senior Parents Evening

The Library will be open for S5/6 Parents Evening on Wednesday 27th February. If you have any questions about revision, research or reading please come along to the Library and talk to Mrs Aitken.

Why not wait for your parent/carer in the Library and use the time to do homework, look at past papers, do some quiet reading or type up folio work?

Book of the week - 25th February

With the continuing interest in all things Tudor this week's highlighted book is VIII by H. M. Castor. We meet Henry as a young prince and through his story discover some of the events which may have turned a handsome, enigmatic young man into a bitter, cruel tyrant.This is an epic task to retell the life of Henry VIII in a book of only 391 pages. It is a page turning, gripping story though anyone who knows a lot about this period in history may find the use of ghosts to examine Henry's motives a little trying. But for anyone who wants a riveting historical novel with lots of action then this may be hard to beat.
The tag line says it all:
'Destined for greatness, tormented by demons'.

Book of the week - 18th February

The book of the week this week is Cabin Fever the latest Wimpy Kid adventure by Jeff Kinney. School property has been damaged and our hero -Greg Heffley- is the prime suspect. However luck is on his side, or so it would seem, a blizzard ensures that Greg cannot leave his house and face the consequences. But he soon discovers that being stuck with his family 24/7 is not the holiday he imagined. A great read for all Wimpy Kid fans!

National Libraries Day

National Libraries Day

Saturday 9th February 2013 is National Libraries Day in the UK. No matter what your reading preference why not visit your local Public Library and see what they have to offer. You will find both print books and e-books to borrow, as well as lots of other information and activities.

Never judge a book by its cover (colour)

While shelving a copy of Mark Haddon's hilarious novel Boom! it occurred to me that there are a lot of fiction books with predominantly orange covers and so the fiction section is now displaying 70+ books with orange covers. The photo below shows just a few of them:

So come along to the Library and bask in the orange glow and maybe borrow a book or two.

 

Fae Fiction

Love the Twilight series, but want something a bit different? If so why not try some 'fae fiction'? Same mix of fantasy and romance as Twilight but with faeries taking centre stage instead of vampires.

Thanks to our S6 fae fiction expert for the display and book selection.

Book of the week 4th February

This week's book links two previous posts, the book was short-listed for the Costa Children's Book Award and is by one of the judges for the Radio 2 short story competition! The unforgotten coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce tells the story of Julie who is in her last year at primary school when a new boy arrives in class. Chingis and his little brother, Nergui, are refugees from Mongolia and Julie becomes their "Good guide" showing them round school and generally looking after them. But the more interested Julie becomes in all things Mongolian the more secretive the boys seem to become.

 At times the book is laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes very sinister but always very touching. The book shows a little of what it must be like to be a refugee, on the move and afraid.The unforgotten coat is also a beautifully presented book with Polaroid (ask your mum or dad!) photographs and the whole story is all the more poignant because it was inspired by a meeting the author had when he was on a visit to a school.