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Children and teens’ eReading Room

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Now if children and teens are visiting Overdrive, our free ebook download service, they’ll find an area specially designed for them – http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/overdrivekids . Overdrive Kids and Teens is accessed from Your Library or there’s a prominent link at the foot of the main Overdrive site.

Once in Overdrive Kids and Teens, it’s easy to jump back to the full main catalogue via the ‘Main Collection’ home button at the top left of the page.

Remember to tell us about any suggestions for books that you’d like to see on the Overdrive Kids and Teens site. Email informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk and we’ll look into them for you.

The ‘Creepy House’ reading challenge is nearly here…

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This year’s summer reading challenge is ‘Creepy House’. The usual rules apply: just head to your local library over the summer holidays and read 6 books to collect some special smelly stickers and to receive that all important finisher’s medal.

Don’t forget that ebooks and eaudiobooks from our Library2go service count towards your six books.

Keep an eye on our Creepy House calendar for listings of Edinburgh Libraries’ activities or ask at the library next time you’re in to find out what the summer has in store.  You’ll find all you need to know about the Summer Reading Challenge for children, at the Reading Agency’s special Creepy House website.

Hot off the press

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Before Christmas, we mentioned Zinio,  our brand new e-magazine service available free to all members of Edinburgh Libraries. Well, already we’ve added many more best-selling titles to the list of magazines available. All topics are covered from the more general well-known lifestyle magazines to specialist periodicals on the arts, technology, science, business and news. Titles include Aperture, BBC Good Food, Coast, MacUser, National Geographic, New Scientist and New York Review of Books. Take a look at our Library2go pages to see the full list of 77 titles.

There’s also help at hand on Library2go, so you can easily get started and download your favourite magazines to your computer, tablet or smartphone.

Holiday reading

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Warmest wishes for a lovely festive season and a reminder that except for the bank holidays,  libraries will be open for business.  So if you get bored of the same old repeats on TV, come in and find yourself a great book. Our Library2go service allows you stay cosy beside the fireside and the mince pies and download e-books and e-audiobooks straight to your tablet, mp3 or mobile phone.

And just launched – our brand new e-magazine service called Zinio! Choose from 49 bestselling titles, download to your PC, ipad, tablet or smartphone and enjoy reading your favourite magazine(s). You’ll find all the information and instructions you need on our Library2go pages.

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men”

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…. and women and children. In fact, what human bean can resist Roald Dahl’s way with words? On 13th September, celebrate Roald Dahl day with perhaps some of his lesser-known treasures. Search our catalogue and find something you’ve not read before.  Have you experienced The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar or the love triangle of Esio Trot ? Or download your favourite from our Library2go ebook service.

With his cast of memorable and remarkable characters and fantastical stories, many of Roald Dahl’s stories have become modern classics. There are not many authors out there who can capture the imagination and induce laugh out loud moments in quite the same way. So where do you go next when you’ve read the adventures of Matilda, The Twits,  Sophie, Charlie Bucket and George? Well you could try Who next…? our fabulous online guide to children’s authors. Search for Roald Dahl or search by genre and you’ll get loads of reading suggestions for that next favourite book. So simple, but so effective, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without Who next…?

An Olympic summer of fun

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With the Olympic torch in town this week, it’s time to gear up for a summer of sport and games. Here at the library we’ve put together a page on our Your Library site dedicated to how you can get into the Olympic spirit online. Download a great sporty read from Library2go, and enjoy it on the move. Or there’s craft ideas and colour-ins for when the weather might not tempt you onto the sports field.  Don’t miss London 2012’s very own webpages of interactive quizzes, games and challenges for ages 3 to 19! Or head back to Ancient Greece and find out where it all began over 2,700 years ago with the BBC’s excellent Olympic Games and Fun Facts such as:

The famous wrestler Milo was said to train by carrying a calf every day. As the calf grew heavier, his muscles got stronger.

Library2go

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Library2go is Edinburgh City Libraries’ free online ebook and eaudiobook service which gives library members 24hr access to hundreds of titles from the comfort of  home. We subscribe to three services all providing different formats so there’s something for everyone.

We have over 400 up-to-date teen and children’s titles as well as thousands of classic books. Your whole class can even download the same audiobook at a time – perfect for shared storytimes. Eaudiobooks can be particularly   useful for helping children who have reading difficulties or dyslexia, and for teaching English as an additional language.

Go online to yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/library2go or email informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk to find out more.