Books Posts
BorrowBox Stats Through the Roof!
Staff and pupils in Falkirk Council have had automatic access to 1000s of eBooks and eAudiobooks through their Glow account since 2018. We provide this… Read more
Reviews of The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans from #FalkirkReadingTeachers’ Book Group
The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans is a fabulously funny story about a girl who has BIG FEELINGS which get her into… Read more
Reviews of Hag Storm by Victoria Williamson #FalkirkReadingTeachers’ Book Group
Hag Storm by Victoria Williamson is a spooky tale based on the atmospheric poem Tam O’Shanter by Robert Burns. It imagines his life as… Read more
YOTO Carnegies – winners announced!
The Yoto Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people, the Carnegies celebrate outstanding achievement in children’s writing… Read more
RED Book Award History
Previous winners and shortlists: RED 19 (2024-2025): This Book Kills by Ravena Guron Nominated: This Tale is Forbidden, Polly Crosby How Far We’ve Come, Joyce Efia… Read more
#Falkirk Reading Teachers’ Early Years Book Group: STEM Focus
Our Early Years Book Group has been looking at new picture books that can be used for STEM. Picture books are fantastic for stimulating learning… Read more
The Lost Words: literacy, STEM skills and nature
Fantastic resources to support using the beautiful book ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris From The John Muir Trust: Literacy Nature 2020… Read more
#Falkirk Reading Teachers’ Book Group
Our teacher book group is continuing to read, discuss and review a range of new books for children and we want to share this as… Read more
Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Picture Books
You Can Be Campaign – Book Audit | Zero Tolerance The You Can Be Book Audit is a chance for ELCs and nurseries to win… Read more
Early Years Picture Book Group
Inclusive Stories Our last round of books focused on LGBT+ families and inclusive stories. All children deserve to see their own lives represented in the… Read more
#FalkirkReadingTeachers Book Group Reviews
The Learning Resource Service runs two book groups for teachers and early years practitioners in the Falkirk council area. They aim to: increase teacher… Read more
The RED Book Award is 15 years old!
The RED Book Award celebrates its 15th anniversary and to mark this achievement, the wonderful shortlist focuses on a BAME theme: Summer Bird Blue by… Read more
The RED Book Award ceremony goes digital!
The RED Book Award, now in its 14th year, was in danger of not going ahead because of the coronavirus, however it was decided to… Read more
RED Book Award 12
The RED Book Award is Falkirk Council’s Book Award in which each secondary school in the authority participate. RED stands for Read, Enjoy, Debate… Read more
RED Book Award. Read Enjoy Debate 10th Anniversary!
The RED Book Award is run by the Learning Resource Service promoting reading for enjoyment for S2 and S3 pupils in Falkirk Council. This year we… Read more
