Book Week Scotland

 This week is Book Week Scotland, a week of celebrating Scottish authors and their books. The Library has a display of fiction books by Scottish authors. All of these books can be borrowed.

For lots of information and activities to do with Book Week Scotland visit the Scottish Book Trust's website: SBT

Book Week Scotland

 What better to do on a wet and windy weekend than read? 

For ideas, inspiration and interactive games to play visit the Scottish Book Trust Website

Book Week Scotland Display

 Thanks to Jade for putting together this display in the Library for Book Week Scotland.

There are many more books about Scotland and books by Scottish authors on display in the Library. Also useful for one of November's InvyReads challenges!

Book Week Scotland

 Book Week Scotland  runs from 15th - 21st November.  Find out more about some of the events here 

Information about school competitions will be appearing in the school newsletters this week so be on the look out for those. More information to follow.

Book Week Scotland

 Celebrate Book Week Scotland this week in the Library. Come along and read some futuristic books from the displays. Talk about the books you are reading with your friends, your family, your teachers and Mrs Aitken.

Book Week Scotland 23rd - 30th November

Displays of Scottish authors and competitions galore in the Library this week!

Book Week Scotland

There are lots of books by Scottish authors on display all around the Library, so if you are looking for something to read why not try one of the books from the diplays. There are books from all genres from adventure to fantasy, from dystopian to horror. Once you have chosen a book why not pledge to read the whole book by the end of BWS (30th November) and add your pledge to the Pledge Wall?

Some of the authors you could try are: Lari Don, Gill Lewis, Elizabeth Laird, Theresa Breslin, Barry Hutchison and James Jauncey - to name but a few!

Book Week Scotland

This year Book Week Scotland runs from the 24th to the 30th November, as well as lots of events run by West Lothian public libraries there is also a lot happening in the School Library.
Add your pledge to the BWS Pledge Wall - you pledge to do something book related for the whole week. Ideas for pledges include:
 My family will sit down and read together for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will read something Scottish for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will alphabetise my bookshelves for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will colour-code my bookcase for Book Week Scotland 2014 (send me your pictures for the Library Blog!)

•I will go to a Book Week Scotland event for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I hate [SCI-FI, ROMANCE, NON-FICTION, etc] but I’m going to read ……………. for Book Week Scotland 2014.

 

Why not vote for your favourite character in a Scottish book? There will be a box to place your votes in on the Library Issue Desk. Characters you could vote for include: Harry Potter or  Hermione Granger(Harry Potter): Norm (World of Norm); Kyle (Invisible fiends); Adam or Salim (Crusade); David Balfour (Kidnapped) - the list could go on.

 

There will aslo be displays and competitions in the Library during the week.

 

For lots more information about Book Week Scotland visit the Scottish Book Trust website

 

Every book it's reader

The display for Book Week Scotland features some books which although fairly new in the Library have yet to be borrowed. So, to find their reader these 'unloved' books are advertising their stories in, hopefully, an amusing way. Come along to the Library and see if any of the books are your ideal match.

Does your pet read enough?

The photographs below show my pets catching up with their reading. Mist,y the cocker spaniel, is reading 'The knife of never letting go' by Patrick Ness. Though I will not be allowing her to finish it, as the story gets VERY sad towards the end and especially traumatic for dogs (don't tell her about Manchee!!). Tank, the red-toed Amazonian tortoise, is making his way to his book of choice - 'Catching fire' by Suzanne Collins - perhaps he might get there before the third and final book in the series makes it into the cinema!!

Book Week Scotland 2013

Book Week Scotland 2013 runs from Monday 25th November until Sunday 1st December. During the week there are all sorts of book-related events taking place throughout Scotland for readers of all ages. For more information about Book Week Scotland visit the Scottish Book Trust's link

Here in the Library there will be competitions for you to enter as well as lots of books on display.

I am going to enter the pets reading competition and I will post the photos (Tank the tortoise is taking a bit of time to find the book he wants!!) on the blog tomorrow. If you have any photos of your pet reading that you would like diplayed in the Library please let me know and remember to enter the SBT competition too.

The display this week is about two rules of Library science:
1. Every book it's reader
2. Every reader his/her book
(But more of this later)

If you would like to find the book of your dreams why not come along to the Library and check out the "Library of unloved books" where you just might find the perfect book!