THE LIBRARY IS REOPENING! 

Welcome Bookworms! Exciting times are ahead as you learn how to look after the library, read new books before they even go onto the library shelves, recommend books to your friends and come up with ideas for how to get more people at school to read for fun!

Blue Peter Book Badge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/findoutmore/blue-peter-apply-for-a-book-badge

Together with your parents or guardian, we can help you get your Blue Peter Book Badge! Have a think about a book you have read and what you thought about it? Draw an illustration of a character or scene from the story. What other books and authors do you enjoy reading and why?

Graphic novels

We have a brand new graphic novels section in the library. Lots of books including classics like Asterix and Tintin, and newer titles like Dogman, Bunny vs Monkey, Looshkin, Amulet, Rune, Wingbearer, Hilo, InvestiGators, Now we know sometimes grown-ups might not think they’re ‘proper’ reading, but we can assure you they are!

When you read graphic novels, you're not just looking at pictures. You’re decoding visual and written text together, following sequence and flow from panel to panel, inferring meaning that’s never directly said, and most importantly, you’re choosing to read!

Graphic novels build stamina, comprehension, and confidence - a few of the things that actually create lifelong readers. Once that spark is there, you can then explore stories with more depth and less visual support. But there’s no need to rush.

So yes, Dog Man and other books like that absolutely count as reading. They’re not a stepping stone to ‘proper books’, they are proper books. And if it helps you or another child fall in love with stories, then it’s doing its job perfectly!

Access to library catalogue from home

Visit: https://library2.libresoft.co.uk/8683021-7uhda4qmehl0zoj3t9cu-cdcps/  ‘Libresoft Librarian’ and click on ‘School Catalogue’ in the top right hand corner. 

Do you sometimes struggle to find a new book in the time your class has in the library? You can now get your parent or guardian to help you at home so you can go into library time with a few ideas of the book you might like to take out.

If you have ideas to get everyone reading for fun, suggestions for new books in the library, or any other thoughts about reading, books, the library, etc, please be sure to let us know!