Football Fans

Recommended Read

This is a recommended read for our many footie fans.

From the invention of the modern sport all the way to the present day, bestselling author and football expert Tom Palmer picks ONE HUNDRED of the most thrilling and significant goals, games, and players from more than 150 years of the Beautiful Game. Featuring Pele's World Cup, Maradona's Hand of God, John Barnes' Maracana magic, and the Lionesses' European Championship triumph, this is an endlessly fascinating treasury of stories for fans of all ages.

The 'Ultimate Football Heroes' books are extremely popular and we're delighted to see that the sublime Tom Palmer has added his favourite 100 football moments to the series. You can read an excerpt here: https://tompalmer.co.uk/footballs-greatest-moments/

New Year, New reads

Here are just some suggestions for great reads to start 2024 - these and many more fantastic books are available in the library now. 

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Great Armadale Bakers

We sometimes overlook some of the great non-fiction books we have in the Library. S2 students have been borrowing our recipe and baking books and creating wonderful treats. I was fortunate to share some of their masterpieces, including fantastic scones and fabulous bread. Yum!

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 .