What’s New in Borrowbox
With the recent pivot to remote learning, the library team decided to increase our digital book offerings through the Borrowbox app. Previously we have focused on e-audiobooks, of which we have over 500, so this time we prioritised e-books. Every staff member and...
SPOTLIGHT ON… Spotify Book Playlists
It was a lightbulb moment when a song popped into her head. “Wouldn’t this be a great song for a music soundtrack when the novel, Boy Swallows Universe is made into a movie?” thought the AHL wanna-be music guru. Then, an idea followed – movies have soundtracks, why...
April – the librarycook hops to it
And so to the April edition of librarycook. Only eight days late, but in these unusual times, who's counting? It's difficult enough to know what day of the week it is, let alone the month. The April issue of Delicious...
What’s New in the AHL in May
. Here Are the Library Team’s Top 5 Recommendations False Value by Ben Aaronovitch This bestselling Rivers of London series follows Peter Grant, an ordinary constable turned magician’s apprentice, as he solves crimes across London in a sensational...
Year 9 Booklist
YEAR 9 SUGGESTED READINGS The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a...
What’s new in books in the AHL – April edition
Here Are the Library Team’s Top 5 Recommendations Lost and Found by Brooke Davis Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red Wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day, Millie’s mum leaves her alone beneath the Ginormous...
What’s New in ClickView – Strange Times Indeed
In these unprecedented times, it’s comforting to know there’s always ClickView. The collection of recently added videos is the usual melange of informative, educational, and entertaining – a little bit of something for everyone. Some recent releases – Fences and...
What’s New in ClickView – 2020 Vision
2020's first “What’s New in ClickView” brings you the usual vast range of videos for your teaching and learning pleasure, plus some for your leisure hours. There are current affairs programs, reflecting on the tumultuous year that is 2020. And it's only March. Some...
Must Read Other Worlds for Yrs7-9
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an...
Feel the Power! Books that feature characters with special powers!
This post is all about books whose main character(s) possesses some kind of special or supernatural power! If YOU could have a 'special power' what would it be and why? Tell us in the comments! The Angel experiment by James Patterson Six unforgettable kids with no...
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