Here’s a roundup of what’s been happening in Shawlands Academy School Library during February.
MYSP meet and greet: Our LGBT Youth Scotland MSYP representative held their first drop-in surgery during lunchtime, where pupils could come and discuss important issues.
Shawlands Acaddemy Anti-Racism Association: Shawlands Academy’s Anti-Racism Association group meets in the Library every Thursday during lunchtime where they discuss issues and plan events for the school. They were excited to unbox the new books we ordered as part of our participatory selection which will be added to our Equality and Empowerment collection:
Let Me Hear A Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
City of Stolen Magic by Nazeen Ahmed Pathak
Brown Girl Like Me by Jasprett Kaur
American Born Chinese by Gene Lurn Yang
Stolen History: The Truth about the British Empire and How it Shaped Us by Sathnam Sanghere
Black Skin, White Mask by Frantz Fanon
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
SfL Book Group: Our S3 book group in collaboration with Support for Learning continues as we select different short stories from Horowitz Horrors, a collection of spooky stories by Anthony Horowitz.
Pupil Library Committee: Members of our Pupil Library Committee have been busy helping tidy the library this month and prepping for our upcoming March display for International Women’s Day, British Science Week, Anti-Racism Day, Ramadan, and Neurodiversity Celebration Week
School Library Mascot reveal: Congratulations to Candice for the winning design of our School Library mascot! Each participant received a small prize for their amazing entries.
What’s Trending: Popular and recently borrowed books this month.
One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus – ‘Saw this on TikTok and wanted to read it’
Heartstopper 5 by You Are A Champion: How to be the best you can be Alice Oseman – ‘I’ve been waiting ages to read this book! So excited to see it in the Library’
My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi – ‘My favorite Manga series’
Glitter Boy by Ian Eagleton – ‘I laughed. I cried. Great book for LGBTQ+ teens!’
You Are A Champion: How to be the best you can be by Marcus Rashford, Carl Anka, and Katoe Warriner – “This is a nice book”
‘Book of the Day’ chosen by pupils: Featured pupil recommendations.
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu
Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston
The Weirn Books, Vol 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova
Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
Recent Arrivals: New book highlights.
All About Romance by Daniel Tawse
I Feed Her to the Beast by Jamison Shea
Mythopedia: An Encyclopedia of Mythical Beasts and their Magical Tales by Good Wives and Warriors
City of Stolen Magic by Nazeen Pathak
Trending Booklists
Epic Reads – New Releases
The Guardian – Children’s Book Roundup
Love Reading for Kids – Books of the Month
Scholastic – Books of the Month
Scottish Book Trust – Book Lists
Toppsta – Our Favorite New Children’s Books This Month
Waterstone’s – Books of the Month
Recent Awards
Klaus Flugge Prize – Shortlist
Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize – Shortlist
YOTO Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration – Longlist
Book Buzz
What’s On – March
World Book Day week:
Annual Book Mark Contest – Each year during World Book Day week, the School Library hosts a book mark design contest. Submissions are posted anonymously on the Teams Library Channel for pupils to vote their favorite design. The design with the most votes becomes the official School Library bookmark for 2024.
5 Word Book Review Prize Draw – This year, we’re encouraging pupils to submit book reviews of some of their favourite or most recently read books using only 5 words. Each entry goes into our World Book Day prize draw. The reviews will be displayed outside the library on our bulletin board.
World Book Day Quiz – We’ll also be hosting our annual World Book Day quiz, hosted by members of our Pupil Library Committee during lunchtime.
Shakespeare Week:
Choice Board – Pupils can learn more about Shakespeare and his work using our interactive choice board which will be posted on our Teams Library Channel.
Shakespeare or YA Quiz – Participants must guess if a given quote was featured in either one of Shakespeare’s plays or from a popular Young Adult novel.
Displays and Booklists for March: Booklists of monthly cultural and literacy events.
Anti-Racism Book List: Anti-Racism fiction and nonfiction.
STEM Nonfiction Book List: STEM nonfiction.
Neurodiversity Book List: Nonfiction and fiction books featuring neurodiverse characters.
Ramadan Reads Book List: Fiction and nonfiction books by Muslim authors.
International Women’s Day Book List: Fiction and nonfiction books about women’s history, feminism, and equal rights.
Trans & Gender Nonconforming Book List: Nonfiction and fiction books featuring transgender and gender nonconforming characters.
