Monthly Roundup:
Rights Respecting Schools: We are pleased to announce that Shawlands Academy has achieved Silver accreditation on our Rights Respecting Schools journey. Pupils can browse our updated human rights collections in our newly named Rights Respecting Reads section.
Paint: We are so excited for our School Library to be painted over the summer. Pupils have submitted their preference for colours so all will be revealed come August!
Book of the Day:
02.06.25: The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow
09.06.25: Climate Action: The Future is In Our Hands by Georgina Stevens and Katie Rewse
11.06.25: The Pavee and the Buffer Girl by Siobhan Dowd
13.06.25: Ocean by DK
16.06.25: When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Iman Geddy
18.06.25: Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
20.06.25: The Fights that Makes Us by Sarah Hagger-Holt
23.06.25: Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah
25.06.25: Rebel Girls STEM Stars: 25 Tales of Women in Science by Rebel Girls
Author Spotlight:
02.06.25: Ele Fontaine
09.06.25: Yaba Badoe
23.06.25: Christopher Edge
Series Spotlight:
02.06.25: Little Badman by Humza Arshad and Henry White
09.06.25: Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
23.06.25: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Literary and Cultural Celebrations for April (Book Lists and Displays):
Audiobook Appreciation Month: June is Audiobook Month, a time to celebrate and promote the listening experience of audiobooks. Check out Glasgow Life’s audiobook range on Borrowbox and Libby by Overdrive.
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller History Month: Through celebration, education and raising awareness, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month helps to tackle prejudice, challenge myths and to amplify the voices of Gypsies, Romas ad Travellers in wider society.
National Crime Reading Month: National Crime Reading Month is an annual initiative spearheaded and developed by the Crime Writer’s Association. It runs throughout June, this year in collaboration with The Reading Agency. National crime Reading Month aims t bring new books to existing readers and new readers to the world’s most popular and best-selling genre.
Pride Month: Pride Month is an annual celebration dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ+ history and contributions and coincides with the anniversary if the 1969 Stonewall riots.
World Environment Day (5th June): World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.
World Oceans Day (8th June): World Oceans Day aims to raise the awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans.
Empathy Day (12th June): Empathy Day is a national event in the UK that is part of the wider Empathy Day festival running from June 2nd-12th. The theme for 2025 is “What’s your spark?”. The day aims to inspire children and young people to learn about empathy and experience it through stories and put it into action.
Refugee Week (16th-22nd): Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity, and resilience pf refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
Windrush Day (22nd June): Windrush Day marks the anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush on 22nd June 1948 and to recognise and thank all of those from the Windrush generation and their descendants to their enormous contributions.
International Women in Engineering Day (23rd June): International Women in Engineering Day is an international campaign that aims to raise the profile of women in engineering and encourage more people to consider engineering career. This day highlights the achievements of women engineering and provides a platform to celebrate their work and inspire the next generation of female engineers.
Trending Book Lists
Epic Reads New Releases | The Guardian Children’s Book Roundup | LoveReading4Kids Books of the Month | Scholastic Books of the Month | Scottish Book Trust Book Lists |Toppsta Monthly Highlights | Waterstones Books of the Month
Book Awards
Winners: FCBG Children’s Book Awards | Jhalak Prize | James Tait Black Prizes | Orwell Prizes | Sir Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | Sports Book Awards | UKLA Book Awards | Women’s Prize | YOTO Carnegies
