Learning Resource Service Falkirk

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Welcome back to school everyone. We here for all your bookish (and other resource) needs.

Text from The Guardian reads '‘One kid at a time’: How children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity From Margaret McDonald’s Glasgow Boys to Nathanael Lessore’s King of Nothing, boys take centre stage in this year’s Carnegie-winning titles. Let’s hope that the male protagonists persuade more boys to pick up a book'

📚 “One kid at a time, one school at a time” – books that explore male friendship are sparking change, tackling the rise of toxic influences like the "manosphere"

Celebrate the #Carnegies2025 winners, and how they offer boys richer, more emotional stories

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Graphic with the Carnegies logo and photos of author Margaret McDonald and their book Glasgow Boys. Text reads 'Winner Medal for Writing 2025'.

And the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to Glasgow Boys! Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social! #Carnegies2025

We're so excited for our #LibrariesAreForEveryone festival on Saturday 21st June at #FalkirkLibrary. We really hope you'll join us! Our free, drop-in day of activities for all ages is open to EVERYONE!

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A big thank you to Yvonne from @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social for visiting us and reading us such exciting stories! #Whitecrossreads

Thank you again for these brilliant books! What a wonderful job library services do 😊📚

You are most welcome We are so lucky to have Maggie 🌟and Yvonne🌟 @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social 📚📚
#thestjoesstory

The Midnight Fair is becoming a firm library favourite! We love this wordless picture book because we can make up our own words! @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social

Thank you to the wonderful Maggie and Yvonne @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social for purchasing the quick delivery of some fantastic books for S and L.Two very happy boys away home to read #readingforpleasure #thestjoesstory @stjosephsps.bsky.social

Libraries are for Everyone family festival Poster with blue background showing people involved in a variety of activities - yoga, singing and playing guitar, planting, wearing VR goggles, two children are dressed up holding inflatable musical instruments, a mum and her son are smiling at each other as they read a book together.

We're excited for our Libraries are for Everyone! festival on June 21st. It's totally free to come along and there are drop in activities all day. There's some 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

👉Head here for more details and booking: tinyurl.com/lafe25

Being a School #SaturdayLibrarian is rare but not unheard of! Had the best day running storytime (and giant jenga) at the @braesfamengagement.bsky.social Community Fun Day last weekend.

🙌 to Literacy Leader A for her entertaining readings of I Am A Bat by Morag Hood #ReadingSchool

And here is our fabulous RED20 Longlist😍

Fantastic opportunity for
@braeshighschool.bsky.social pupils interested in deciding the Shortlist for the next
@lrsfalkirk.bsky.social #RedBookAwards 😍
I'm so excited about the Longlist but it'll be hard whittling it down!! #ReadingSchool #BePartOfIt #RRSA #Article31

First Book Bistro of the year completed. Some new authors and books discovered by pupils. Some even dived straight into one after.

Looking forward to starting our class book on Thursday

@grangemouthhs.bsky.social @gmthhs-library.bsky.social @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social

YouTube video by M Paton Braes High 100 Tales From The Tokyo Ghost Cafe Trailer RED 2025

So hugely proud of A & her team F M M J O C & J for creating this years
@lrsfalkirk.bsky.social #REDBookAwards Creative Digital Interp entry for @braeshighschool.bsky.social

You worked so very hard on this, the artwork is absolutely stunning!
#BePartOfIt #ReadingSchool

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Massive well done to A and F for announcing to the #REDBookAwards audience both their creative digital interpretation and authors Julian and Chie!

🙌 to J and F for winning prizes in the alternative book covers comp

#ReadingSchool #BePartOfIt @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social @braeseng-media.bsky.social

Thank you @juliansedgwick.bsky.social and Chie Kutsuwada for signing my book at today’s @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social #REDBookAwards. Particularly love your stamps…Chie’s logo and Julian’s symbols that represent waves and life’s journey.

Yesterday @juliansedgwick.bsky.social and Chie Kutsuwada visited us as part of @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social #REDBookAwards and our students were captivated…Chie drew these illustrations while Julian read and they provided a real insight into the power of a good collaboration
#ReadingSchool #BePartOfIt

Thank you Ms Smith’s S2 for making this year’s #REDBookAwards such a joy… your conga dancing really was something to behold! #ReadingSchool #BePartOfIt @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social @braeseng-media.bsky.social

.#REDBookAwards 2025 klaxon! I think we looked fabulous in our red accessories! Kicking myself for not having photographic evidence of Miss Smith as a Teletubby but I’m hoping the official photographer got that!
#ReadingSchool #BePartOfIt @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social @braeseng-media.bsky.social

Free Family Event. Come join the poet on the run! Ahead of his attempt at the Edinburgh Marathon, Poet Paul Jenkins will be whizzing in share some silliness, rhythm and rhyme. We'll be writing poems together, sharing stories and looking ahead to the upcoming Empathy Day Festival which begins in June.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘! Join poet Paul Jenkins at Meadowbank Library (#Polmont) for an afternoon of creating silly stories and rhymes. Come along for 1pm. 🎉🎈😂

‪@wallacestoneps.bsky.social‬ ‪@westquarterprimary.bsky.social‬
@lauriestonps.bsky.social @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social

We picked this author because all the P7s in the cluster are reading The Final Year as part of our @empathylabuk.bsky.social #ReadingForEmpathy project. Matt was so honest and shared so much with us, from his perspective as a neurodivergent author, to how important it is to write in your own voice!

🙌 @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social for organising an online visit with author Matt Goodfellow (author of The Final Year) for all the P7s in the @braeshighschool.bsky.social cluster. I enjoyed watching it with @calips.bsky.social P7s and I think we all loved listening to Matt and getting to ask questions!

New maths games added to the library

Lots of new phonics and literacy games added to the library

'Zog' and 'The Colour Monster' story sacks just added to the library

New role play and 'people who help us' resources just added to the library

Wee girl holds her competition entry form and copy of Mimi's Space Adventure

Win a copy of Mimi's Space Adventure by creating an invention that can be used in space! Hand your entry into a Falkirk Council library by 3pm this Saturday.

Entry forms at the library and here: tinyurl.com/flc-mimi