Primary School Library at The British School in Tokyo. Our collection is spread over two campuses with resources in 19 different languages for all the family!
Congratulations to Mr. Hill's and Mrs. Martinez's class for winning the @sakuramedal Cup in Year 5 this year with an amazing 119 votes! They read 124 Chrysalis books, 44 Graphic Novels, 202 Middle School titles and 68 Japanese novels. Y5 put in 465 votes! @bst_tokyo @bstpta
Congratulations to Mr. Wiggins'. Mr. Ronchetti's and Ms. Kimura's class for winning the @sakuramedal Cup in Year 4 this year with an amazing 96 votes! All together Y4 put in an amazing 373 votes from the five classes! Well done, Y4! @bst_tokyo @bstpta
Congratulations to Mr. Norton's and Ms. Bagley's class for winning the @sakuramedal Cup in Year 6 this year with an amazing 180 votes! Well done! Their last vote came in just before midnight! All together Y6 put in an amazing 615 votes! Keep it up in Y7! @BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Just arriving on our Parents' Shelves on the fifth floor in time for the Summer Holiday, 'Before I Knew I Loved You' by the incredibly popular Japanese author @kawaguchicoffee. We have all six parts in this series ready for loan! @picadorbooks@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Congratulations to Ms. Ohkubo and Ms. John's class
for winning the @sakuramedal cup in Year 3 this year with a record-breaking 72 votes in the Graphic Novels category! All together Y3 put in amazing 284 votes! Well done, Y3! Please keep it up in Y4! @BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
This week our younger readers (and their teachers) have been enjoying this funny story about going to bed by @GeorgieBirkett, the same author that gave us the extremely popular "Carry Me!". All of us recognise so many things in this story! @walkerpicbooks@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
To celebrate 12 years @Kino_BKT will hold one of their fantastic 20% Off Book Sales between Thursday, 28th-Sunday, 31st May in their international branch above Nitori, 6th floor. Nothing beats taking your children to a real bookshop and finding books together! @BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Our latest in 'The Little People, Big Dreams' series about Hungarian Ernö Rubik by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Ben Javens has come just in time for our One Challenge Maths Week!
(https://t.co/lgBsDH6kXh) @Rubiks_Official ! @FLCBooks@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Y2's book by Geraldine McCaughrean and @TomPercivalsays. Chichico has got a trial for Santos, always plays barefoot and needs some boots! Davi finds some but how? Chichico discovers to his horror, he can't play in them! Everything is falling apart! How will he get picked?
BST Book Week is coming to a close and Primary classrooms have transformed their doors into book covers! Each class created something unique, with every child adding their own mark, resulting in a fantastic showcase of creativity & a brilliant selection of much-loved books.
We're always excited to get a new book by Joe Todd-Stanton! Beautiful story that has spellbound every class, glued to the pages, absolutely absorbed! This book is exceptional, not to be missed! Thanks to @FlyingEyeBooks for always giving us such amazing books! @BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Just, just arrived on our Parents' Shelves, requested by and eagerly awaited by our very own @bstSekine (our expert book selector) by @caroclaireburke. This book is in such high demand that we have staff vying over it to get it first! @4thEstateBooks@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
For all our Detective Conan fans, Part 108 (!) is now here and ready for borrowing! Make sure to put your name in the hat quickly if you want to be the first to read it! Bound to be extremely popular! @ShogakukanComic@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
Part 2 of the Mizzy Mysteries by @ClaireHatcher6. Mizzy is off for a week with Oli's cousins and she thinks she saw a shadow on a shipwreck. With nobody really believing her, it is up to her solve the mystery that starts getting nasty as she digs deeper. @BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
We loved Monkeypig by Huw Aaron, author of 'Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob'. There is an imposter amongst the monkeys...and Molly, the Monkeypig, has a secret! After three monkey ability tests, will the imposter be revealed? Full of humour! @PuffinBooks@BST_Tokyo@BST_PTA
What a fantastic book, loved by all in today's Reception classes, by @Ilustrajo! Every class was spell bound by both the text and illustrations. Everyone wanted to hear it again, especially at the end with the cat! Great suspense, humour and fun! @FLCBooks@BST_Tokyo @BST_PTA
Just arrived here from London, by the very popular Japanese author @yuzukiasako who also wrote 'Butter'. Available for your Easter Reading, but hurry as it will be out on loan very soon! Available after school and during our Coffee Mornings. @4thestatebooks@bst_tokyo @bstpta
We've loved this story in Y1/2 by Daniela Sosa on so many levels: exploration and discovery for children, memories for staff. So much to talk about and tell! Fantastic for discussing our grandparents and discovering how technology has developed. @simonkids_UK@BST_Tokyo @bstpta