Christmas Movies!
Whilst #booksarealwaysbetter, you might fancy watching a film adaptation of a book.
Ms Smith, the librarian at Eckington School, has prepared a fantastic list of movies you can watch. You can see it here: What's on Your Christmas Movie List?
We'd love to hear which book you would like to see made into a film.
This week our non-fiction November display table features books about World War I, to help us mark Remembrance Day today.
We celebrated Dyslexia Awareness Week last week with a presentation in the Library for the S1 and S2s. The whole school was also able to participate in the Wordsearch competition, and well done to Morgan in S2 who won the prize.
Special mention also goes to those students who tried the fiendishly difficult wordsearch too!
Don't forget that we have many dyslexia friendly books in the Library - just ask Mrs Lumsden. You can also check out the Dyslexia Scotland site for young people: Dyslexia Unwrapped
For classics try Project Gutenberg. Once in the site use the search bar to look for a title or click on one of the bookshelves and I suggest S1 /S2 select from one of the lists for children. A few great titles to try are:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Railway Children by E Nesbit
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
Kidnapped by R L Stevenson
The Call of the wild by Jack London
Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery
For any S1 readers struggling to get hold of books try the weekly book from Oak National Academy. The books are only available for one week. Sometimes they are suitable for high school, sometimes not.
Don't forget you can access Borrowbox on the West Lothian Libraries site. Remember if you want to hear authors read their books try the Author Reads on the previous post- will be adding more to that list each week.
These books are all read by their authors and are available for you to listen to in full on Youtube. Simply click on the book image and you should be taken to the correct page.
All suitable for S1/S2 and above, so enjoy. Pop me a wee email and let me know what you think.
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For those who like wit and the supernatural.
There are a number of books on this theme I would recommend for younger year groups. The recent graphic novel "Illegal" by Eoin Colfer follows a boy on his journey from Africa to the UK. Catherine Bruton's "No Ballet shoes in Syria" and Onjali Q Rauf "The boy at the back of the class" both tackle the issue of prejudice as refugees try to settle in the UK. And one from a few years back by Catherine MacPhail "Mosi's war" is more in the style of a thriller but is essentially about a refugee boy living in Glasgow whilst waiting for asylum. For older readers I would also recommend Ruta Sepetys " Salt to the sea" (watch trailer linked on side bar). These are all important stories, all different but essentially remind us that we are all human and in this world together and need to have empathy and understanding for each other.
The Chaos Walking trilogy was one of the first series of dystopian fiction I ever read. For some reason I had always persuaded myself that sci-fi or future themed books were just not my thing. The brilliant writing of Patrick Ness, his original ideas, the way we understand and feel the emotions of Todd through NOISE, the adventure, the twists and turns and yes the sadness all make for a brilliant read and changed my view of dystopian fiction. It is yet another series about good and evil, but this one really packs a punch.
So the film is due out later this year and here is the trailer as a wee taster. We have multiple copies of all three books in the library. If you can, read them first!
