Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013

Annabel Pitcher won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize last night for Ketchup Clouds. The tale of a teenage girl writing to a murderer on death row is based on Annabel's own experience of writing to a prisoner. Described as a 'classic coming of age story featuring death, betrayal and redemption' Ketchup Clouds beat two other category winners, including Wonder by R.J. Palacio, to the title. Annabel will be here at Kimbolton on 18th June so we'll be able to congratulate her in person!

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be dyslexic, watch this short animation from Sally Gardner's 'Maggot Moon (from her Multi-Touch iBook). It demonstrates just how the words jump about for Standish Treadwell, the main character, who sees the world very differently from his classmates.

Science and Engineering Week

Solving the QR Codes Quiz in the library for Science and Engineering Week. All the codes (generated by http://delivr.com) linked to websites that answered or gave clues to the questions.

Search Credible

Looking for credible sources of information on the Web? Why not try Search Credible - a clever Google based search engine which suggests a range of useful sources to try. Key in your query and click on the service you'd like to search.

Carnegie Shortlist

The shortlist for this year's Carnegie Medal has just been announced. Another collection of challenging themes and epic storytelling!. Explore the books and authors further on the Carnegie shadowing site. The Kimbookworms' reviews will also appear here on their own Carnegie webpage.

World Book Day

Lots of crazy characters around school today - of course it's World Book Day! Pupils were challenged to guess which fictional characters their teachers had dressed up as. Other happenings included staff wearing badges with anagrams of favourite book titles, a reading personality quiz and a book sale in aid of Book Aid International. A great way to celebrate World Book Day!

World Book Day is coming...

World Book Day will be here this Thursday and, as in previous years, you can download an app to try out some new books from our favourite authors. Click on the link below for details of the app and for WBD games, webcasts and competitions.

P.S. Don't forget to pick up an entry form from the library for the 'Guess the Character' competition on Thursday.

Book Sorter

Stuck for a good book to read? Try the Book Sorter from the Reading Agency! All the books have been recommended by young people involved in the 'Story Lab' Summer Reading Challenge. You can add your own books to the Sorter too.