Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27 January and we marked this year with our display in the Library and talked about it with our S1 and S2 Library classes. We also discussed Tom Palmer's book, After the War, which is available to borrow in the Library.

Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January

Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Na…

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Book Group - Burns Night

The junior book group celebrated Burns' Night on 25 January with a piece of shortbread and wee drop of Irn-Bru. 

Jennifer and Ava-lynne did a fantastic recitation of Burns' poetry for us and we discussed his popularity all around the world.

Burns Night 2022

 This year we celebrated Burns' Night with a presentation to the S1 and S2 classes, who were inspired to create poems for our Valentine's display.

Robert Burns 2022

Many of Burns’ poems were inspired by nature - To a Mouse is one of his best known.

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Happy New Year

 

Start 2022 with a classic...

Happy New Year, everyone and we hope you had a wonderful Festive Break. We are looking to hearing what you read over the holidays.

My New Year resolution is to read more of the classics that seem to have been in my "to be read" pile forever. Why don't you check out some of the classics we have in the Library too?

January's E-book of the Month

 

Again Again by E. Lockhart

Again Again follows various possible alternative storylines about a teenager trying to come to terms with her younger brother's drug addiction while pursuing romantic interests of her own.

When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in love - even though her heart is shattered.

Adelaide is catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times while finally confronting her brother, their history, and her own strength.

and this book is available to download from Borrowbox now. See Mrs Lumsden for more information on how to borrow eBooks from West Lothian Libraries.

E-Books and Audio Books

Don't be caught out this Christmas - make sure you borrow a book from the school library before Christmas. You can also borrow e-Books and audio books from West Lothian Libraries' Borrowbox collection - ask Mrs Lumsden for your borrower barcode and PIN and you'll be able to download books direct to your device!

        

Christmas Movies!

Happy Christmas, everyone, and don't forget to pick up some holiday reading before the end of term 

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.