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D-F on Borrow Box

Borrow Box  from North Ayrshire Libraries have thousands of eBooks and audio books available for loan. For more information see their website.

Today,  the A-Z of authors continues with:

D is for Dashner-James Dashner’s “Maze Runner”. Now a film, this dystopian adventure is one for those who love action.

When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he’s not alone. He’s surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze.

E is for Easton – T.L. Easton’s “Boys don’t knit”.  Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more ‘feminine’ side following an unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose. He finds a new hobby – knitting. Laugh-out-loud, often ridiculous, sometimes quite touching, and revelatory about the knitting world.

 

F is for Fletcher – Tom Fletcher’s “Eve of Man”, the start of a series.

Eve holds the fate of the human race in her hands, This chilling dystopia is at heart a love story set in a  future that has seen no girls born for 50 years. Eve must choose between love and the future of the human race.

 

Borrow Box A-Z – first instalment

Is your New Year’s resolution to read more in 2021?  Well, Borrow Box  from North Ayrshire Libraries have thousands of eBooks and audio books available for loan.

For more information see their website.

As a taster, I will be focusing on 3 different books each school day in February to entice you to read something new. It will be an A-Z of authors – I am a librarian after all!

A is for Anderson – Sophie Anderson’s “The House with Chicken Legs”.  Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka’s grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next.

 

B is for Black – Holly Black’s “The Cruel Prince”.  It is the start of a series full of wonder, fantasy and lots of bloodlust.

One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal.

As Jude grows older, she realises that she will need to take part in the dangerous deceptions of the fey to ever truly belong. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal. And looming over all is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince Cardan.

C is for Collins – Tim Collins “Diary of a Wimpy Vampire”. Nigel starts the new term as one of the most popular pupils in school, and he’s finally got a girlfriend after more than eighty years of being single. But his life soon unravels when a new pupil, Jason, joins the school, and has his sights set firmly on Nigel’s girlfriend. Vampire and werewolf go head to head in the pursuit of love . . . with hilarious consequences!

FREE eBooks

There are lots of brilliant FREE eBooks out there if you know where to look!

Reading Times

Who remembers the Radio Times and TV Times you used to get at Christmas? How you used to plan your Christmas viewing by circling what you wanted to watch? Or was that just me?
Well, School Librarian Helen Smith from Eckington School has put together this guide which links books to TV shows and films which are on over Christmas.  Love this so thought I’d share. It’s a huge piece of work!
Christmas reading sorted!

Beware Fake News!

There’s so much information at your fingertips these days – but how much of it is reliable? How much can you trust? How many articles, photos and stories are fake?

Evaluating resources is key to ensuring you have good information in your work.  See the Library helpsheets on research skills and using Google effectively for some tips.

Also available are 2 websites which fact check major news stories and provide reliable and balanced information on the hot topics of the day.  Check them out if you need to fact check information before using it in your work.

The Ferret – Scottish based fact checking service

Full Fact – London based fact checking service