The Snawman

 Recommended Read: The Snawman

Based on the story by Raymond Briggs (translatit intae Scots by Matthew Fitts). 

Wan snawy day a laddie builds a Snawman and in the middle o the nicht the Snawman comes tae life.

Featurin' artwork fae the original animatit film The Snowman, this bonnie book will tak ye on a magical journey tae the North Pole and hame again.

When the snaw faws, magic glisters in the air.

This fair gets you intae the mood for Christmas. You'll be glad to see that there is no mention of Irn-Bru.

Dr Who Today

Dr Who Day - Happy 60th Anniversary

 We celebrated Dr Who Day in the library today by watching 'Silence in the Library' at lunchtime. Big thanks to Mr Easton who created our wonderful TARDIS to display all our many Dr Who books!

Our bibliotherapy doctor also gave some excellent book advice to students and staff.

Book Week Scotland 13 - 19 November 2023

Book Week Scotland 2023

Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across Scotland. 

We celebrated in the library by talking about some great Scottish books and authors. 

This year, our Book Week Scotland competition is asking students to write a poem, story or comic strip based on Scottish mythology and folklore.

We can't wait to see the results!

Remembrance Day

Lest We Forget...

Our Remembrance Day display this year featured information about Wilfred Owen, and obituaries about young men from Armadale who died during World War 1.

Students can also borrow books about the Great War, including poetry, fiction, and non-fiction .

National Poetry Day 2023

 

National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry, taking place this year on 5th October 2023.

The theme this year is Refuge, and we marked this in the library with poetry from Brian Bilston, Nicola Davies, Benjamin Zephaniah, Michael Rosen, and Warsan Shire.
There was also a display of some of our poetry books for pupils to borrow.

Nicola Davies - Reading Leaders

 

At our Reading Leaders' meeting today, we participated in an online talk with Nicola Davies and other Reading Leader groups across the country. Nicola spoke about her writing and her new book, The Song That Sings Us.

Book Festival

Pupils from the Advanced Higher English class and some of our pupil library assistants visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival today, where they heard from three authors shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. Danielle Jawando, Alex Wheatle and Becky Jerams spoke about their shortlisted novels and our students had to a chance to meet Danielle and Becky in the signing tent afterwards. 

You can read more about all the books and shortlisted authors here https://www.thebookseller.com/events/the-ya-book-prize?tab=shortlist and all the books are available to borrow from the Library now.