Picture Book Competition

ReadingZone has launched a World Book Day competition for children and young people aged 4 -18 to make a picture book, judged by Jacqueline Wilson’s illustrator, Nick Sharratt. They want a brilliant story, told in words and pictures in up to 24 pages! You can see tips, guidelines and a template at www.ReadingZone.com.

There are some fantastic prizes, including the chance to meet a fabulous author at school, sets of books for the school library, and you’ll receive printed copies of your own picture book!
You don’t have to be brilliant at writing or a fantastic artist to make a great picture book, anyone can have a go – you just need an idea or character to start with.

The competition launched in January 2012 and we hope that as many schools and young people as possible will be able to make picture books during World Book Day. The competition will close on 14th April and the winners will be announced on www.ReadingZone.com in May 2012.

Why not have a go?

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7E starts Reading Challenge

Happy New Year from The King's School Library!

Today 7E started Reading Challenge. The challenge is to read 6 books in 6 weeks, one from each different genre on the set reading list. They have also been challenged by 7C - the current record holders for reading the most books between them. They read a total of 109 books!

Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy

SPECIAL REVIEW/ INTERVIEW

This review is a interview with a reader of the Skullduggery Pleasant series.  Thomas Armson is a loyal reader of the series and the first to take out the book in the library, this was his view on the latest, exciting book in the series.

What was the book like to read?

“The series is deeply moving and extremely enjoyable to read.”

What is the basic plot around the latest book?

“Skullduggery is a detective who has a partner that is a descendant of an all-powerful ancient. They work in a secret magical community encountering every type of villain or monster on the way, but fate turns against them as Valkyrie discovers she has a dooming fate.” At this point I asked Tom not to give away too much of the plot.

Would you recommend it and how many stars would you give it?

“I recommend it to anybody who enjoys mystery and magic. 5 Stars."

Jack Shannon, Year 8

The Edge Chronicles: The Curse of the Gloamglozer

I have just finished reading this book and I honestly didn’t put it down all weekend! The plot is excellent and the world Paul Stewart has created is truly brilliant. It follows Quint, a sky pirate on the fantastical world of the Edge. He travels to the great city of Santaphrax where he becomes the apprentice of the Most High Academe of this city. The characters are fascinating with their personalities and the intrigue of the answer to the question ‘What is the terrible Gloamglozer?’ was with me right to the end of the book. There are seven other books which are sequels to this brilliant which I would advise for anyone, even if they’re don’t think they like fantasy, to read.  A great read.

5 Star 

By Jack Shannon Year 8

King's Cool Readers

Do you enjoy reading? We are starting a new "King's Cool Readers" book group for Year 7 and 8 which will meet in the Library during a lunchtime once a month. 

We are hoping to have the first meeting next week on Wednesday 13 October. The Library will just be open for King's Cool Readers during this lunchtime and you can bring your sandwiches or just come along after you've had your lunch. The first meeting will be about getting to know each other and talking about our favourite books and authors. We will also talk about what activities we'd like to plan for future meetings.

Further information from Mrs Dawes, Mrs Snee or Clifford the Library Assistant, or just come along on Wednesday next week.

Love Reading?

It's proven that confident readers perform better in school. So I'm trying a new website to help encourage pupils to love reading. 

Lovereading4schools.co.uk (a website enthusiastically endorsed by Children's Laureate Jacqueline Wilson) has expertly created reading lists for schools. Uniquely, pupils and parents can download free opening extracts of the books to find out what a book is like. All the books are available to buy with a 25% discount on the RRP. For every £100 spent by parents we will be given a £5 book voucher to help our school library, benefiting your son even further.

Click below / go to the web address below to go to our online reading lists.

http://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/viewschool/4901/favourite

You will be asked to register as a parent and create your own account. It's free, and very important as it enables us to be sent our free book vouchers for the school library. All you need is an email address and a password that you can remember. Once you have registered you will need to login each time you visit the school reading lists. After registration you will be sent to the schools book page and there just click on any of the book lists to see the books in those lists. Finally, please remember to bookmark our school's page to make it easier for you next time you visit the site.

What do I read next?

So you've just finished reading a really enthralling book and you're at a loss to know what to read next ... have a look at this website for inspiration.

http://bookseer.com