Fairtrade Fortnight

February 27th - March 11th is Fairtrade Fortnight.  Come to the Library to find out more about fairtrade. 

Books set in London

The Olympic Reading Challenge - Going for Gold!

Sophia ACHEAMPONG - Growing Yams in London
Bernard ASHLEY - Little Soldier
Rafaella BARKER - Phosphorescence
Mark BARRATT - Joe Rat and the Wild Man
Tom BECKER - Darkside
Sarwat CHADDA - The Devil's Kiss
Keren DAVID - When I Was Joe
Charles DICKENS - Oliver Twist
Siobhan DOWD - London Eye Mystery
Sam ENTHOVEN - T.I.M
Charlie FLETCHER - Stoneheart
Hilary FREEMAN - Camden Town Tales
Neil GAIMIN - The Graveyard Book
Sally GARDINER - I, Coriander
Leon GARFIELD - Smith
Jamila GAVIN - Coram Boy
Alan GIBBONS - Scared to Death
Julia GOLDING - The Diamond of Drury Lane
Mark HADDON - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Julia HEARN - Ivy
Charlie HIGSON - The Enemy
Mary HOOPER - Fallen Grace
Anthony HOROWITZ - Stormbreaker
Saci LLOYD - The Carbon Diaries 2015
Michelle LOVRIC - The Mourning Emporium
Sophie McKENZIE - The Medusa Project
Keith MANSFIELD - Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London
S.I. MARTIN - Jupiter Williams
Jon MAYHEW - Mortlock
China MIEVILLE - Un Lun Dun
Beverly NAIDOO - The Other Side of the Truth
Sam OSMAN - Quicksilver
John PILKINGTON - Traitor!
Chris PRIESTLY - Mr Creecher
Philip PULLMAN - Ruby in the Smoke
Celia REES - The Fool's Girl
Philip REEVE - Mortal Engines
Justin RICHARDS - The Parliament of Blood
Anna SEWELL - Black Beauty
Janette WINTERSON - Battle of the Sun
Rachel WARD - Numbers

Coming soon... The Olympic Reading Challenge

The five Olympic rings represent the five continents involved in the Olympics and were designed in 1912, adopted in 1914.

The Red House Children's Book Award is the only national book award voted for entirely by children.  The overall 2012 winner  is A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.

Take part in choosing the next Red House winner.

The author Marcus Alexander kept year 7 students enthralled when he spoke to them on Wednesday.  The author spent many years travelling before he decided to write his first novel, a fantasy adventure.  Find out more about the main character Charlie Keeper by going to the website

Borrow the book from your library!

Author Marcus Alexander will be visiting on Wednesday 22nd February.  Marcus will be talking to year 7 students about his new book Crow's Revenge.