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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