Holocaust Memorial Day Pack
I got back to my library today to find that the Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) Pack that I ordered from the HMD Trust had arrived while I was away. The theme for this years memorial is Keep the Memory...
View ArticleBook Review Bunting
Over the past few years of being a school librarian I have been using reading passports/diaries to help students keep track of their reading. These schemes were all relatively successful but did not...
View ArticleWorld Book Day 2016 Quiz
World book day quiz x from Matt Imrie Download the Quiz from Dropbox here Quiz Answers
View ArticleThe Reading Olympics
I have been racking my brains lately for a reading event for the new school year and then it hit me, the Reading Olympics! It will be a mix of reading stories based on Olympic sports, endurance reading...
View ArticleQUIRK BOOKS PRESENTS BOOK POP!
In honour of its 15 year anniversary, Quirk Books is launching a year-long celebration of books and pop culture, called Book Pop! Quirk has not forgotten their many fans in Britain and have launched...
View ArticleEvent Calendar
Looking for an event to create a display around in your Library? Why not check out the events calendar (below), it is a work in progress so if your favourite day (holy, hedoninstic or just hilarious)...
View ArticleBlack History Month Ideas: The Potato King of the World
Born into slavery on a plantation near Kentucky, Junius G. Groves was six years of age when slavery was abolished in the USA. 20 years later he joined the Exoduster movement and made his way to...
View Article#BlackHistoryMonth Anansi Craft Activity
As part of the Black History Month program at my Library, I have organised a series of story-times based around folk tales from Africa. My South African storytime last week was snowed out but the...
View ArticleSpace-related Ideas for Libraries
NASA NASA Selfie App: available for iPhone & Android https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7220 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory education website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/...
View ArticleWand Making Workshop
Ahead of Harry Potter Book Night on the 6th February 2020 I have been working on a special wand-making workshop that will enable participants to create their own wands. The outer part of the wand is...
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