Hounslow SLS

Hounslow School Library Service
Providing books and events to promote literacy and a love of reading across Hounslow and beyond.

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It may be half-term and a well deserved break for teachers and children, but Hounslow SLS have been out this week giving book corners a refresh for the second half of the summer term! ☀️📚#readingforpleasure #schoollibraryservice

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Happy #ElmerDay! 🎉🌈This weekend is the perfect opportunity to enjoy these classic stories of friendship and inclusion adored by many (including us)! #readingforpleasure #elmerday2026

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⏱️ 3 weeks to go! We are sooo ready for our Junior Book Award event 📚 Results are starting to come in from our participating schools and we can’t wait to welcome the children who have read these fantastic books and to reveal the results! #readingforpleasure #schoollibraryservice

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✨ Library Set-up ✨ We are in the midst of helping a delightful infant school set up a functional and inspiring library space! Lots of weeding old stock, recategorising and labelling going on this week. We can’t wait to share the finished space very soon! 📚

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May is Get Caught Reading Month! Whether it’s one page, one chapter or one book, every moment counts. Grab a book, get comfy and let yourself get caught enjoying a good book! 📚😊 #readingforpleasure #getcaughtreadingmonth #schoollibraryservice

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Library glow-up complete! We’ve just completed a 2 day library visit and got stuck into a big tidy-up — weeding out old stock, labelling books and organising everything. Fresh, tidy and ready for readers! 📖 🙌🏻 #readingforpleasure #schoollibraryservice

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How will you celebrate England this St. George’s Day? Will it be fish and chips, tea and scones or a walk through the beautiful English countryside? Happy St. George’s Day, whatever you choose to do! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Happy Earth Day! 🌍 🌳 ☀️ A wonderful reminder to educate the next generation about the wonders of the world and support them in taking action to care for the Earth! Here are some of the wonderful books in our stock that can help. #earthday #readingforpleasure

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Happy World Art Day to all the budding artists across our subscribing schools! 🎨 🖌️ Deliveries for the Summer Term kick off tomorrow and we know lots of you will be learning about some wonderful artists! 🧑‍🎨 #readingforpleasure #worldartday

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This week, we are fulfilling lots of requests for farm-themed books for the Summer term! 🐷🐮🐑🐣🐓#readingforpleasure #schoollibraryservice

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It's Shakespeare Week! A time to celebrate and enjoy the works of William Shakespeare whether that's in the form of playscripts, graphic novels or poems. 📚 #shakespeareweek

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ Today is a great day to celebrate the amazing stories coming from Irish authors! 🇮🇪 #readingforpleasure #stpatricksday

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📢The results are in for the #hounslowteenread 2026!
🥇1st: The Murder Hypothesis - Sarah Wishart @sarahsky23
🥈2nd: Nettle - @bexhogan
🥉3rd: The Virtue Season - @lmnathanwriter

A huge congratulations to the authors!

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This morning, students from around Hounslow came together for the Hounslow Teen Read 2026 ceremony. Guest author Savita Kalhan gave an inspiring talk and she was inundated with thoughtful questions and feedback from the students. Thank you to @IsleworthSyon for hosting! 📚

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Today, Hounslow SLS had the great pleasure of attending the #hounsloweducationpartnership #gethounslowreading conference 2026! We were able to speak to teachers from all over Hounslow about our service and how it promotes #readingforpleasure in different settings. 🥳

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📢The results are in for the #EalingTeenRead 2026!
🥇1st: The Murder Hypothesis - Sarah Wishart @sarahsky23
🥈2nd: Nettle - @bexhogan
🥉3rd: The Girl with the Red Boots - Alex Wheatle @brixtonbard

A huge congratulations to the authors!

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What a morning at the Ealing Teen Read! The award ceremony featured a fascinating author talk from Savita Kalhan, as well as young readers from local schools discussing and discovering the winning books! 📚 Thank you to all the schools who took part!

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Happy International Women's Day! We are proud to offer a wide range of books highlighting the wonderful achievements and amazing discoveries of women and girls! 😊 #InternationalWomensDay2026

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Happy World Book Day! Whether you’re dressed up as Harry Potter, Matilda or wearing comfy pyjamas, we hope everyone has a wonderful day with extra reading time! There is still time to use your World Book Day £1 token to extend your book selection at home. 📕 ✨ #worldbookday2026

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What an absolute pleasure it was to welcome the brilliant @jmeggittphillips to our World Book Day event today! Jack had the children enthralled with his evil laughing competition and asking the students to create two of the most ghastly beasts we’ve ever imagined! #WorldBookDay