Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from March, 2015

Some great entries for the Book Token Competition!

Thank you to everyone who entered - they are being sent off today!

Congratulations to all these AR readers!

Flash Easter giveaway!

One week left to enter the Book Token competition

News from the 6th Form Library

Book podcasts from the Scottish Book Trust

The Scottish Book Trust has some great BookTalk podcasts that are free to download.  Each month the panel talks about a book.   Get the podcasts here February 2015:  Persepolis  by Marjane Satrapi In February the group discussed  Persepolis , an autobiographical graphic novel by French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. The book has been adapted into an animated film, released in 2007. Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph  of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely  entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contr

This week's 6th Form Library News

How to train your dragon Part 2

We'll be watching the second half of the film this Thursday at Film club - remember to write your review online. Hot news : Cressida Cowell revealed the title of the new How to train your dragon book on World Book Day - Click here to find out more

Do you want to be part of Spellbinding 2015?

WBD in the library

Hope everyone enjoys their new books - remember you can do AR quizzes on all the WBD books!

Scholastic Teen Book Club

News from the 6th Form Library