February | 2016 | Library@St-Ninians

There are so many reasons pupils (and staff) give me for them NOT reading. “It’s too hard!”, It’s boring”, “None of my pals do it”.

But there are too sides to every story and hearing such comments made me think of the Costa winning YA book The Lies Tree by Frances Hardinge (available in the library, of course); of a tree in a village that rewards lies with truths … the bigger the lie the bigger the truth. Well worth a read.

For every it’s boring there is a it was amazing.. for every I can’t there is an I can.

Pop in to the library and take a look at our very own Lie Tree. And don’t let the lies we tell ourselves stop us from being the people we want to be.
#weareALLreaders

Well done to all the pupils who put in the extra effort over the Christmas holidays and completed their 2 book cracker.

Here is a selection of the best reasons for reading at Christmas.
Reading at Christmas time is the best because…

“Its cold outside” Ben
“You have lots of time to relax, you can drink hot chocolate and you are still doing your English but not in class.” Erin
“It teaches you to appreciate what you have and be grateful you have a family.” Sara
“You can sit cosy and read whilst watching people silly enough to go outside in a storm, battling with their brolly.” Rachel
“It relaxes you in-between the chaos of family life at Christmas and gives you an excuse to get away from annoying members of your family.” Josh
“When you are cold you can snuggle up in your blankets and just read a book to relax. After that you can go for a wee sleep.” Portia
“I can sit on the sofa or bed in my PJs reading. I can have a cosy night with peppermint hot chocolate in my bed with fluffy slippers.” Emma
“I curl up next to the fireplace and the Christmas tree and read my book.” Sonia
“It is relaxing, fun and an enjoyable thing to do at this special time of year.” Alistair
“You get to cuddle up beside the fire and dig into a good book. You can stay up all night just reading and reading. Once you have read all the books you can go out and get more- they are on sale!” Zaynah
“You can curl up with a good book and hot chocolate, while it’s cold outside and you are all nice and toasty in the house with your head in another world.” Rhianna

“It relaxes you and takes away all the stress of Christmas; waiting for Santa to come.” Evy
“You can add in an extra helping of excitement to the fun of Christmas by reading an enthralling novel.”Zainah

And the winners

“I am not going to be all cheesy and say the best thing about reading at Christmas is because I sit down and drink hot chocolate while reading.
I like reading books at Christmas because I read before bed and it helps me fall asleep quickly because at Christmas time I can’t get to sleep because I am so excited. P.S I love reading!” Olivia

“You can snuggle up on your bed or your couch in your pyjamas and get cosy whilst reading a good book.” Robbie

“You get to relax and it’s something you can look forward to; reading the next day.” Sophie

All Lies I tell you

Cracker winners