Welcome to
your families newsletter
Back to School: using books
to help understand feelings and friendships
Books can be a great way to talk to children about
emotions and help with those big changes like starting a new school and
making friends in new places.
Drop in to your local library to stock up on wonderful
books that help children make sense of their feelings or download an
awesome ebook/audio book from our Back to School collection in the
Libby app.
Look up
our library locations and opening hours here.
Gadgeteers
Summer Reading Challenge
Super reader sisters Orla and Maeve
were very proud of completing the Summer Reading Challenge. Well done!
Make a sparkling first impression on your new teacher in September with your Summer Reading
Challenge medal and certificate. There's still time to sign up for
the Gadgeteers free Summer Reading Challenge at your local
library. And if you're already a Gadgeteer, don't forget to visit us
soon to tell us about your summer reading and collect your rewards!
Find out
more about the Summer Reading Challenge
Summer Events
Creative, exciting and fun! Our Gadgeteers Summer
Reading Challenge events have been wonderful this summer. It was
fantastic to see new friendships formed and lots of books being
borrowed.
There are more inspirational library events coming up,
including a Books and
Bugs Storytrail, Sensory
Storytimes for Under 5s and Junk
Robots.
If you've reserved a place for one of our fabulous
activities but later find out you’re unable to make it, please email frontline.services@kirklees.gov.uk
so the tickets can be released for another family.
Browse
and book for our library events at ticketsource.
Drop in
Creative Activities at Shepley Library
Shepley Library & ArtattheHouse
Shepley Library is supporting ArtattheHouse at
Cliffe House, Shepley, a 2 day art event for local artists on 17th
& 18th September. This year local children can get involved by
creating hangings that will hang in the trees over the event weekend.
You can make a hanging at Shepley Library Thursdays 25th August and 1st
September, 10-30-12.30. No need to book, just drop in. More info at www.artatthehouse.co.uk
Book Review
This beautifully illustrated and brilliantly funny book
from award-winning artist Peter Brown is perfect for kids heading
to school for the first time or facing a new teacher with new
rules.
Bobby has a big problem at school.
Her name is Ms. Kirby.
She’s loud, she yells, and if you throw paper airplanes,
she won’t let you enjoy break. Ms. Kirby is a monster!
Luckily, Bobby can go to the park on weekends to unwind. And
then one day…on the way to his favorite spot…Bobby finds a
terrible surprise. You guessed it, it’s Ms. Kirby! But as he gets to
know Ms. Kirby outside of school, something strange happens. She
begins to look a bit less like a monster, and a bit more like a person.
"an inspired book that is
exquisitely illustrated and can easily lead to a discussion about being
yourself and acceptance." -- Guardian
Reserve a
copy of this funky, funny and beautiful book from our catalogue and
collect from your local library - for free
Download the fabulous
activity kit from Peter Brown's webpage You’ll
find discussion questions, activity ideas, fun handouts, and more
to share with children as you enjoy together My Teacher Is a Monster!
(No I Am Not.).
Back to School
Booklist
School days are almost here again for many of us and our
Back to School booklist has lots of awesome books with a school theme
for you to choose from. Whether your child is going to school for the
very first time, starting a new school or just loves reading funny
stories about school days there's a book to support, inform or
entertain.
Download
an ebook or audio book from our Back to School collection on Libby
Reserve a
school themed book from our catalogue and collect from your local
library
How to use
books to help children understand feelings
Author Felicity Brooks suggests ways to talk to children
about emotions and those big changes like starting a new school and
making friends in new places in a feature for BookTrust. Author of
the All About... series,
Felicity Brooks is an expert in making tricky topics friendly and
accessible to young children. Her books celebrate feelings,
friendship, empathy, families and diversity. Read her suggestions of
useful ways to talk to young children about emotions.
Scottish BookTrust has some excellent suggestions of
books to help little ones make sense of their feelings. 12 books
that help children explore emotions
Top tips for
children starting secondary school
For older children, author Henry White, who writes
the Little Badman books with Humza Arshad, has all the tips you'll need
to make starting secondary school as fun and easy as possible! Top tips for children
starting secondary school, fun feature on BookTrust website.
These books aimed at 11-13 year olds contain themes
around friendships and overcoming a variety of challenges, as well as
starting at a new school. Many of them are also empowering and
affirming, recognising a range of experiences. Lastly, and most importantly,
they’re all fantastic reads, sure to encourage children to love books. Books to help your child get
ready for the big move to secondary school
Libby
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eAudio / eBook collection and the Libby app
Did you know that Kirklees libraries has a collection of over 29,000
ebooks and audiobooks. Borrow them for free with your Kirklees
library card and PIN.
View the collection along with details of how to
download the Libby app via our Overdrive page at: kirklees.overdrive.com/
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PressReader
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Digital Magazines and Newspapers
Choose from over 7,000 national and international titles to read
online or download for offline convenience. Free access with your
Kirklees library card and PIN. Text-to-speech and instant translation
options are also available.
For more details see our PressReader at: www.pressreader.com
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