King's Worcester Library

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[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

We are all set to welcome our Foundation Y6 pupils @KingsStAlbans @KingsHawford with ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’, some book title based games, and a scavenger hunt! #BigKings

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Author John Boyne @johnboyne signing a copy of #Fire for the School Library ; 3rd title in his new quartet of novels. Thankyou @RossiterBooks for hosting such an engaging event in Malvern. Fascinating stuff - from catharsis and authenticity to not 'staying in your lane'📚

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

‘Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened’

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2024 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 🌌✨

Discover the book: https://t.co/Jx491BCyuj

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

Starting today, we have four busy days in school with activities and events marking #AntiBullyingWeek In the Library we have a packed display and a brand new Anti-Bullying reading list! #ChooseRespect @AntilbullyingAll @ABAonline

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

The wait is over! Tonight George Capell OV (& son of our Assistant Librarian) will appear on #UniversityChallenge with his St Andrews teammates when they take on Cardiff at 8:30 pm BBC 2. Good luck George - we are so proud & excited!
#ShapedByKings (particularly the Library 📚😊)

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A selection of our favourite spook-tacular books for Halloween! 🎃 🧙‍♀️ 🦇 👻 🎃

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay - particularly to those of us privileged to have a school (and even better - a school library 📚) as our workplace!

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

Y8 WRAITH (Library Book Club) off to the strongest of starts - delicious goodies baked by Katie and Amelia, and a choice of 3 fantasy future classics (Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, Tyger @whatSFSaid
& Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
@annabelwriter) We even had napkins!

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

We are underway with #Bookbuzz! It's always a pleasure to start the school year with this activity for our Y7s. L4C were beautifully engaged with their 'speed-dating' session - all choosing a book to keep from the excellent titles selected by @Booktrust #WeLoveReadingForPleasure

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

@OUHospitals @megh_pandit @KatieJeffery10 I am an extremely proud 🥲 sister! Well done Katie ❤️

[The YA Book Prize @yabookprize]

We are SO excited to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩

“This year’s shortlist truly encapsulates the joy of Young Adult fiction and the astounding talent here in the UK and Ireland."

See the thread below to meet our shortlist 👇

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

What a pleasure to meet the @KingsStAlbans Y6 pupils and to be able to give them a taster of what the Senior School Library has to offer when they join us in September. Really delightful pupils who thoroughly engaged with our reading for pleasure activities! 📚

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

What a perfect morning in the Library with three Y7&8 classes visiting to choose books for the 'Genre discovery' reading challenge. L4B & L4D stayed on, resulting in delightful clusters of children reading throughout the Library. My idea of Heaven! #WeLoveReading 📚

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At last night's Nibbies (The British Book Awards), the superlatively talented Katherine Rundell was the recipient of both Book of the Year (the first time in 6 years that a children's writer has picked up the accolade) AND Author of the Year for Impossible Creatures! 🏆📖

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Katherine Rundell takes home Book of the Year: Children's Fiction (supported by @theweekjunior) for IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES.

@KidsBloomsbury's no-holds-barred campaign positioned Impossible Creatures as “the book of Rundell’s career”.

#Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and this is our new display in response to the 2024 theme ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’. For some great tips to help us get the mental health benefits of movement visit https://t.co/2o0s3m25nV #MomentsForMovement

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

Our new playlist of music to get you moving is now available to download on Spotify! 🎵🎉 Thanks to @edibow for all the help. 💜

Don't forget to share your #MomentsForMovement.

Download the playlist: https://t.co/hLz1VBDlO9

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

"If children are to make sense of the past, it’s hugely important to tackle it and to have a wide selection of stories to help them."

Here, author @jasinbath recommends books about British history which explore unseen characters and their stories:

https://t.co/z8zqO4XoVV

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

@RGSWLibrary That is exciting! Hope you have a wonderful event.

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

What a fantastic shortlist - and perfect timing, as we are currently reading three of these in our Library book clubs!

[Branford Boase Award @BranfordBoase]

The year's outstanding debut novels for children/young people - it's the shortlist for the #BranfordBoaseAward 2024. Congratulations to these talented new authors and to the editors who have supported and nurtured them. https://t.co/8A2OkOlk9I

[King's Worcester Library @KSWLibrary]

We launched a 'Genre discovery' Reading Challenge on World Book Day 7th March. Y8 pupils Zofia, Henry, and Stella had completed the 12 categories less than three weeks later, whilst Y7 Penny and Amelia completed theirs over the Easter break! Wonderful reading role models all!📚