Birdy

Members of the Middles Reading group loved Jess Vallance's addictive novel about Birdy and Bert. The claustrophobic nature of their friendship grew increasingly sinister and we were all taken aback by the twist at the end. A superb read and a great first novel for the group to kick-start their year of reading.

Japan Society; 'cooking' in the library

Younger members of the Japan Society had great fun today making Onigiri (rice balls) filled with meat, fish, Umeboshi (pickled plums) and seaweed. Mrs Morris has plans for creating Bento boxes with the whole group after half term!

The Bridge Book Award

Pupils from schools across Cambridgeshire are getting involved in a new book initiative. The Bridge Book Award is for young people to celebrate and discover books recommended by their peers. The only criteria for nomination is 'What was your favourite book of last year (2014-2015)? '. The longlist has now been published and pupils are being encouraged to vote for the book(s) they would like to see on the shortlist.

Longlist:

Title	Author	Year pub
Awful Auntie	Walliams, D	2014
The Emperor’s Blades	Staveley, Brian	2014
Grandpa’s Great Escape	Walliams, D	2015
Murder Most Unladylike	Stevens, Robin	2014
13 Hours	Dhami, N	2015
Itch Craft	Mayo, S	2014
Tom gates: top of the class	Pichon, L	2015
Buffalo Soldier	Landman, T	2014
Lone Wolf	Muchamore, R	2014
Girl Online	Sugg, Z	2014
All the Bright Places	Niven, J	2015
Demon road	Landy, D	2015
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods	Riordan, R	2014
One	Crossan, S	2015
Ghosts of Shanghai	Sedgwick, J	2015
Middle School, Save Rafe!	Patterson, J	2014
Boot Camp	Muchamore, R	2015

Email library@kimbolton.cambs.sch.uk  to comment, vote or review (all comments are entered into a prize draw for the chance to win a Heffers book token)

Reading Well

A new national reading scheme to support young people's mental health has been launched in public libraries. Follow the link here or call into Vanbrugh Library to see some of the 35 books selected by mental health experts including self-help material, information books and novels.

Kimbookworms' Recommendations

Ingrams' Reading Group created an autumnal display of their favourite reads for Open Day. Each mini book had keywords written on the pages to help describe the book to other readers.

Beck by Mal Peet and Meg Rosoff

Read what Meg Rosoff has to say about the challenges and joys of finishing Mal Peet's superb last novel, Beck.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/aug/12/mal-peet-meg-rosoff-final-novel-beck