Twitter & Useful Websites

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If you love reading, writing, creating or coding check out the list below which has suggestions for who to follow on Twitter and useful websites to browse. If I come across any more or if anyone has any suggestions I’ll add them.

Who to follow on Twitter

All Saints Library:                             @library_saints

All Saints English:                            @AllSaintsSecENG

Book Trust:                                       @Booktrust

Carnegie Greenaway Awards:         @CILIPCKG

First Minister’s Reading Challenge:  @FMReadChallenge

Glasgow Create:                               @GlasgowCREATE

Glasgow Libraries:                            @GlasgowLib          #GlasgowSchoolLibrarians

Literacy Trust:                                    @Literacy_Trust

National Library of Scotland:              @natlibscot

National Poetry Library                       @ByLeavesWeLive

Scottish Book Trust:                           @scottishbktrust    #UnitedByBooks    #yourfuturestories                                                                                                      #MondayBookClub     #50WordFiction                                                                                                    #ReadingLunch

Toppsta:                                              @toppsta

World Book Day UK:                           @WorldBookDayUK

Young Scot:                                        @YoungScot

Useful Websites

All Saints Library Glow Blog   

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/gccschoollibraries/category/all-saints-secondary-school/

Authorfy:

https://authorfy.com/

BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yy4wy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Gh0JCgxj9jxxgvwQpqYw7k/projects

Books For Keeps:

http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/

British Library:

https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/themes/all-activities

Glasgow Libraries:

https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries

https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/elibrary

Good Reads:

https://www.goodreads.com/

Guardian Books:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/series/childrens-book-reviews-round-up

https://www.theguardian.com/books

Harry Potter at Home:

https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

Love Reading 4 Kids:

https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

National Library of Scotland:

https://www.nls.uk/learning-zone

National Literacy Trust:

Literacytrust.org.uk

National Shelf Service

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUIqlJM0aieXdq-LxKDvWA

Peters – 100 Books to Read

https://peters.co.uk/100-books-to-read-before-you-leave-secondary-school

Poetry Foundation

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Scottish Library and Information Council (list of resources and links):

https://scottishlibraries.org/staff-development/digital-resources-for-libraries/children-young-people/

Scottish National Book Trust:

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand

Scottish Poetry Library

scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

The Reading Agency – Summer Reading Challenge:

https://readingagency.org.uk/

Tom Palmer – author

https://www.youtube.com/user/TomPalmerBlackOp

Toppsta:

https://toppsta.com/

World Book Day UK:

https://www.worldbookday.com/resources/

Digital Skills & Literacy

Code Club:

https://codeclub.org/en/

Full Fact – independent fact checking

https://fullfact.org/

Scratch Coding:

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/

Apps

Bookzilla

Glasgow Libraries

Libby

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