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Sadly I'm signing off from my role as Librarian @foresthillschool.bsky.social 👋
...I'm moving on, leaving the library in the capable hands of my successor and have left lots of great books on display, ready for the new term:
School Stories with a wide genre range, new fiction and new non-fiction 😀

Radical with Amol Rajan - Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell) - BBC Sounds Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.

Great to hear author Katherine Rundell talking with Amol Rajan about the joys of reading 'older' books as a child, the importance of media literacy, and of prison/school/public librarians as well as books & shelves www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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A sample page of facilities for Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square Business Support Cafe BFI Replay Computers Digital Skills Sessions Family History Hobby and interest groups Children’s activities

Looking for summer holiday activities? Find events and activities in your local public library, searchable by theme and location via #LibraryOn, funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and delivered by @britishlibrary.bsky.social

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This is why we have lots of "forced" reading time in library lessons @foresthillschool.bsky.social ...exposure to good books and requirement to engage (plus arranging the conditions this can happen in) produces the magic✨️😀

Radical with Amol Rajan - Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell) - BBC Sounds Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.

Katherine Rundell on why every school needs a library AND a librarian www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Yes! You often hear the ‘library’ part but hardly ever ‘the librarian’ bit. Katherine Rundell is spot on.

Manga for children Manga for children including titles by Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, Haruichi Furudate, Kamome Shirahama, Konami Kanata and Keisuke Sato.

Manga for children. 📚👍🏼
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Manga for children including titles by Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, Haruichi Furudate, Kamome Shirahama, Konami Kanata, Keisuke Sato, Kristen Mai Gia...

My Top YA Bram Stoker Award Picks Of The Last Decade By Tony Jones. - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website 08/08/2025 My Top YA Bram Stoker Award Picks of the Last Decade by Tony Jones.

Tony Jones is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, champions of YA Horror, and today he gives you his pick of the last 10 years of the YA Horror Bram Stoker Awards

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Recently read "Journey to the river sea" Eva Ibbotson as never did at the time...LOVED it 😀
Another to push on people is "The Supreme Lie" Geraldine McCaughrean, both are beautifully written and great stories too.
For YA fun "Ace of Spades" Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and "On the Come Up" Angie Thomas 📖

Photograph of the books shortlisted for the 2025 Wainwright Prize Children's Picture Books.

Photograph of the books shortlisted for the Children's Non-Fiction category of the Wainwright Prize.

Photograph of the books shortlisted for the Children's Fiction category shortlist of the 2025 Wainwright Prize

The shortlists for The Wainwright Prize, a celebration of nature and conservation writing, have been announced. The Children’s Wainwright Prize now includes the Prize for Fiction, the Prize for Non-Fiction & the Prize for Picture Books. #KidLit #WainwrightPrize 🍃
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On 1 August 2008: Pauline Baynes passed away.

One of Tolkien's favoured artists, her illustrated works include Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Smith of Wootton Major. Her map of Middle-earth is notable for the amount of extra detail it includes. Photo © Brian Sibley

A photo of two boys sitting outside looking at a book together plus the words: "Reading is associated with improved interpersonal and social skills, helping children form meaningful relationships"

It's #InternationalFriendshipDay, but did you know that reading is associated with improved interpersonal and social skills, helping children to form meaningful relationships?

Find out more about the benefits of reading here:

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Tuesday wisdom from Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in her fascinating look at the great Library of Alexandria.

“Knowledge is hard-won, but easily lost… Cherish your libraries. They are places that scare people who don’t want us to think for ourselves.”

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Boys' secondary: non-fiction according to interests (including sports biogs), GNs, Chris Bradford books including the Barrington Stokes titles, Dan Freedman books (helps that we regularly have both for author events!), Rick Riordan books including GNs, Darren Shan Cirque du Freak, Nathaniel Lessore

Cartoon by Charles M Schulz showing the Peanuts gang reading - Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and Woodstock all with books - Woodstock weighed down by War And Peace!

Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy

(Art: Charles M Schulz)

Looking for an audiobook to listen to while on the move? 🚗Or in the sunshine? ☀️

We've got some fantastic audiobooks available including new arrivals - Gargoyles Guardians of the Source, BrainBots Science Fair: Plants and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 📖

Available to listen here - buff.ly/vObI72d 🎧

Multilingual classrooms are now the norm, with over 1 in 5 pupils speaking #EAL in England. But a policy vacuum, alongside the disappearance of expertise and services, has left learners unsupported and teachers unprepared. We’re calling for urgent changes to plug the gap: bit.ly/4nSDEje

Libraries are vital parts of our communities, offering free access to knowledge, resources, & shared spaces. But library engagement in England has declined. This report offers valuable insights for policymakers, library staff, and the general public alike. dcmslibraries.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/16/r...

Summer Holiday Reading Fun for Children Schools across the country have now broken up for the summer holidays and if you are looking for ways to encourage children to enjoy books and stories I hope that some of the books and links I am s…

Schools across the country have now broken up for the summer holidays and if you are looking for ways to encourage children to enjoy books and stories I hope that some of the books and links I am sharing here will be helpful. #UKKidLit #SchoolsOut #Summerreading
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Happy to say we have a copy in the school library, agree a great book.

We have lots more important and well written recent non fiction too, including social history.

Would recommend Natives, How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn't, Invisible Women...

Take your kids to libraries and bookshops, and let them browse freely. These are places of magic and wonder - the places where we find the books that make us readers; the ones that shape us at the deepest levels and stay with us forever. Librarians and booksellers change children's lives! #literacy

We welcome the news that the Government is committing to ensure all primary schools have libraries by 2029. But don't forget librarians. To build a school reading culture you need trained staff. @sla.org.uk #GreatSchoolLibraries www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...

Many schools could improve their library provision, with adequate budget, space & staffing (ideally a Chartered Librarian plus assistant) as we do @foresthillschool.bsky.social where this year we've had approx 35 visitors coming to hear about and see what we do for RfP; & we are a boys' state school

Quote by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Chris Riddell: "Let there be half an hour of STORYTIME at the end of school in primary schools up and down the country. Make this the half hour they all long for, that they don't want to be over. Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wondering." Illustration shows dreamy bookish child holding a book, bear with scarf, flying ship and dragon...

I totally support the National Year Of Reading initiative. We desperately need a culture of reading for pleasure to replace the culture of constant testing in schools, backed by proper government funding. And we need STORYTIME to be part of the school day, every day! #literacy

(Art: Chris Riddell)

The better you are at a thing, the more "AI" will be a drag on your time, because it's operating at a lower level of skill than you are, and you have to fix what it does, rather than just do what you already know how to do.

A school librarian in every school can go a long way to address this, as we do @foresthillschool.bsky.social #AReadingSchool

A photo of a woman and child sharing a book plus the words: "How books and stories can help your child get ready for school"

We know lots of children will be preparing to start school later this year - but did you know that sharing books and stories can help them to get ready?

Here's how 👇🧵

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It will soon be time to reveal the 2025 Reading Championship Heroes @foresthillschool.bsky.social ...who has won the medals, vouchers & sweets? And have Turing retained the cup?
All will be revealed in Thursday's Reading Celebration assembly
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Cool display by our @foresthillschool.bsky.social #LibraryHelpers promoting & celebrating our visit by Chris Bradford 4th July 😁
We've also been reading from his books in library lessons 📚