Lauriston Library

The 2019 Carnegie Medal winner is 'The Poet X' by Elizabeth Acevedo and the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal was won by Jackie Morris for her illustrations in 'The Lost Words' by Robert MacFarlane. Both books are available from the school library. https://www.theguardian.com/…/carnegie- medal-first-writer-o…

Are you a writer? Do you want to get published? Here are some tips from author Juno Dawson https://www.bbc.co.uk/…/how-to-become-a -published-author-fi…

Here are the Top 10 Most Borrowed Authors in the Lauriston Library in 2018: 1 - Malorie Blackman =2 - Cathy MacPhail =2 - David Walliams =4 - Mizuho Kusanagi... =4 - Raina Telgemeier 6 - John Green 7 - Cathy Cassidy 8 - Holly Smale =9 - Kiera Cass =9 - Jeff Kinney =9 - David Levithan
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Here are the Top 10 Most Borrowed Titles in the Lauriston Library for 2018: 1- 'Noughts and Crosses' by Malorie Blackman 2 - 'Faceless' by Alyssa Sheinmel 3 - 'Geek Girl' by Holly Smale 4 - 'Between the Lies' by Cathy Macphail... =5 - 'Matched' by Ally Condie =5 - 'The Sun is Also a Star' by Nicola Yoon =7 - 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass =7 - 'Sisters' by Raina Telgemeier =7 - 'Smile' by Raina Telgemeier 10 - 'Weight of Water' by Sarah Crossan
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Lots of festive fun in the Lauriston Library this lunchtime with book mark glittering. Here are some of the finished items and their creators!

There's nothing like a good storyteller to capture the attention and the imagination of around 120 S3 pupils. Nick Hennessy told wonderful tales within tales from Ireland which held them enraptured for an hour.

The Cereal Killers won the final heat of the Book Mastermind Competition and will join the other winning teams in the Grand Final which will take place on World Book Day. All the teams must choose a new book which must be 300 pages or more in length on which to answer 20 questions in 3 minutes plus they will have an additional 10 questions on general literature to be answerd in 1min 30 secs! The Question Mistress will be the Principal, Mrs Moule.

Today the author Elizabeth Laird came to talk to the S1 girls about her books. She spoke movingly of her experiences in the Middle East, in refugee camps and the plight of the refugees. By showing photos of the people she had met, and putting names to faces she made the situation a lot closer to home for the girls. She showed how she has taken tiny incidents from her experiences and then woven them into her stories. This was a talk which will be remembered for some time.

The Mint Choc Chip Ice Creams have triumphed in the 5th heat of the S1 Book Mastermind with their chosen book 'Mr Stink' by David Walliams. They are now looking for a new book for the Grand Final.

The winners of the fourth heat of the S1 Book Mastermind Competition are the Jammy Dodgers. Their chosen book was 'Small Steps' by Louis Sachar.

Here is an S2 class taking part in Book Blind Date. They are busily unwrapping their 'dates' and will decide which of them will go home with them. The girls get two weeks to read the book before deciding whether their date was True Love, Hate or Just Good Friends!

The third heat of the S1 Book Mastermind competition saw the Five Fabulous Founders (one was absent!) triumph over their rivals with an impressive score of 18/20 on their chosen book, which was 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' by J.K. Rowling.

Heat 2 of the S1 Book Mastermind Competition was won by the Umpalumpas who scored a very respectable 17 points on their chosen book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. They now have to choose a new book of 300 pages or more to answer questions on in the Grand Final.

Congratulations to the 'Unfortunates' who have won the first heat of the 2018/19 S1 Book Mastermind Competition. They succesfully answered 20 questions on their chosen book in 3 minutes and won with a point to spare. They go through to the Grand Final which will be held on World Book Day.

Yesterday saw a fantastic visit by the author Lari Don who spoke to the S2 about reading and writing as well as reading from her book 'Mind Blind' and holding them spell bound with a tragic norse tale. The girls asked some excellent questions one of which was 'Did she ever doubt herself?' (Yes, she does all the time!). The girls were then able to buy books and get them signed.

Some Pupil Librarians hard at work unpacking a new book order (and getting first dibs on any of the new stock they fancy borrowing!)

The Assembly Book of the Week is ' Rebel' by R.J. Anderson and is recommended by Juliette in S4.