The book people are a website based company that sell books at very reasonable prices for both children and adults. They have just launched a fund raising scheme to enable schools to benefit from free books for the library and classrooms. It is really easy for everyone to take advantage of this offer. If you are considering buying any books for yourself or as a gift have a look at their website, put what you would like in your basket. If your purchase is over £10 select our school at the checkout stage and we will receive £1.

Treehouse Collection

There is a new collection of books in the library, The Treehouse Collection. The stories are about two friends, Andy and Terry, who live in a treehouse. The treehouse has many great features which include a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! The stories are hilarious and are told through a mixture of text and cartoon styles illustrations. If you like diary of a wimpy kid and Tom Gates these could be the next series for you to try.

New Books

If you are a fan of Dork Diaries and Tom Gates come and have a look at the new books that have just arrived in the library.
The Hilldene Bake Off may be over but if you enjoyed baking and would like ideas and inspiration for your next bake there are two new cookery books for you to have a look at.
All of these books and many others are availbale for you to borrow from the library and are located on the new book shelves.
Happy reading.

Goosebumps

To coincide with the release of the movie Goosebumps, at the cinema, an up to date set of the books written by R.L.Stine have been published. There are sixteen in total. Read them if you dare!!

'Wow Facts'

There is a collection of new books in the Quick Read section in the Library called 'Wow Facts'. Each title is full of facts, illustrations and photographs and all of them have short chapters.
Titles include:

Special Forces

Catching Dragons

Dare Devils

Midfield Heroes

James Bond
How To Make A Mummy
Sharks

There are 30 books on a wide range range of subjects, all of them are information books.

Cookery Books

If you like cooking why not come into the Library and take a look at the cookery books that have just arrived. There are many mouthwatering recipes for you to try ranging from sweets, muffins and cakes to pizza, rainbow beef, soup and smoothies.

Captain Underpants and Tom Gates

There are two new hilariously funny book collections in the Library.
Captain underpants written by Dav Pilkey.
George and Harold create a superhero at school and bring him to life. Captain Underpants gets up to all sorts of antics and creates chaos at every opportunity.

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates written by L Pichon.
If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid books these are definitely for you, they are written in a similar style and are just as funny. Tom keeps a diary and writes everything in it good and bad.

New Books

There are new series collections now available for you to borrow.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Greg Heffley is just your average American schoolboy, but he seems to have a habit of getting into the most awkward situations - and his highly dysfunctional family do not help matters! Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has proven very popular and managed to entice many reluctant readers since the release of the first book in 2007, winning a host of awards along the way too. There are six  cartoon-format novels. Laugh-out-loud funny, these books will appeal to boys and girls.

Dinosaur Cove.
 This collection follows the adventures of two boys, Jamie and Tom, who discover a secret entrance to a prehistoric world where dinosaurs roam. In these books Jamie and Tom are off in the Cretaceous period facing a different creature and battling new challenges during nail biting adventures in the world of dinosaurs. Each book is illustrated throughout with fantastic black and white artwork by Mike Spoor and includes fact files, maps, and much more. This is the first series to set fast-paced adventure stories in a world with very real dinosaurs.

 

Time Hunters.   
Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors. This series is perfect for fans of Beast Quest.
When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of years. To break an ancient curse, the duo must travel back in time to find six hidden amulets - battling Gladiators, Knights, Greeks, Vikings, Pirates and Egyptian Warriors!         

New Books

There are new books in the Library this week, titles include Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Spiderman, Thor and Racing cars. Why not come and take a look? Don't forget there is also the reading book suggestion box located on top of one of the book cases. Please post your ideas of books that you would like to see in the Library.