{"id":3745,"date":"2024-02-29T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:22:14","slug":"lochend-loves-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/02\/29\/lochend-loves-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Lochend loves February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">We end February here with a bit of mystery at Lochend Community High School.\u00a0 We all love a new book, and what better sight than a brand new Peter&#8217;s delivery box landing on the library desk.\u00a0 I wonder what&#8217;s inside this time? You&#8217;ll need to wait until next month !<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3755\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/01152035\/Lochend-Box-Feb-24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/01152035\/Lochend-Box-Feb-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/01152035\/Lochend-Box-Feb-24.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We&#8217;ve been lucky enough to have lots of new books in the past month which have been flying off the shelves.\u00a0 Our quick reads section is one of our most popular areas in the Lochend Library.\u00a0 With so many quick reads books arriving in February, it was easy to highlight the choice in both subjects and length of books available here at our inclusive library.\u00a0 Just check out the amount of quick reads we have to choose from on the trolleys !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3743\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142354\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142354\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142354\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-24.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3742\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142352\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-b-24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142352\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-b-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142352\/Lochend-quick-reads-Feb-b-24.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Our book of the month for February though is the wonderful 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3741 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142350\/Lochend-100-Tales-Feb-24-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142350\/Lochend-100-Tales-Feb-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01142350\/Lochend-100-Tales-Feb-24.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>This quirky title is an unusual mix of manga and traditional novel styles, with cartoons then followed by a chapter of writing.\u00a0 The story itself is great too.\u00a0 It&#8217;s about Julian who meets a rabbit called Chie-san who leads him to the Tokyo Ghost Cafe.\u00a0 There Mama-san welcomes them to this strange and unusual place, and tells them that she has found a young boy called Akira-San who has wondered into the cafe and told her that he is lost and needs to go home.\u00a0 Mama-san asks them to guide Akira-San home.\u00a0 However, this isn&#8217;t straightforward as Akira-san doesn&#8217;t quite know where home is and no-one really knows who he is.\u00a0 As each trip progresses, Akira-san seems to remember more and more about home along the way.\u00a0 However the group are met by set backs such as tigers, temples, crocodiles and snow blizzards\u00a0 &#8211; which stop them in their tracks.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll love this action packed adventure &#8211; with the unusual styles and Japanese words to learn thrown in &#8211; you won&#8217;t be able to put it down&#8230;\u00a0 Lochend loves it !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And of course we are looking forward to World Book Day early in March !\u00a0 Our tokens have already arrived, and Mrs Marshall is guarding them in a secret location&#8230;..\u00a0 The books will land at Lochend on the Friday (as the library isn&#8217;t open on a Thursday) &#8211; and there&#8217;s lots of exciting plans for then too.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a taste of what&#8217;s to come &#8230;&#8230;.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01114805\/WBD-Token-2024-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01114805\/WBD-Token-2024-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01114805\/WBD-Token-2024-624x439.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/01114805\/WBD-Token-2024.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We end February here with a bit of mystery at Lochend Community High School.\u00a0 We all love a new book, and what better sight than a brand new Peter&#8217;s delivery box landing on the library desk.\u00a0 I wonder what&#8217;s inside this time? 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