Thursday, 25 July 2024

Read Kirklees July edition

 With details of upcoming events in Kirklees libraries:

 

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Read Kirklees: June / July edition

Contents:

  • Library Adventures
  • South Asian Heritage Month
  • Dagger in the Library Award
  • Digital Magazines and Newspapers: 2024 Paris Olympics
  • Go Citizen
  • Theory Test Pro
  • Home Library Service
  • KR Talking News
  • Creative Kirklees
  • Ticketsource
  • Linktree

Library Adventures: Imagined by children, created by Kirklees Libraries

Library Adventures: Reading places and reading lists

Library Adventures is a free, year-round reading for pleasure programme for children aged 4-11.

Everyone who joins will be given an Adventurer pack to accompany their reading journey. The pack contains six themes, chosen by children across Kirklees, and each one wiil appear at a library near you at some time over the next twelve months.

The themes and libraries for July and August are listed below. Select the blue text or click on the image for reading lists associated with each theme.

 

Animal Planet theme

Animal Planet

Batley
Birstall
Cleckheaton
Heckmondwike

 

 

Magical Lands Theme

Magical Lands

Holmfirth
Honley
Marsden
Meltham

 

 

Oceans theme

Oceans

Almondbury
Golcar
Rawthorpe Dalton
Slaithwaite

 

 

Rainforest theme

Rainforest

Dewsbury
Kirkheaton
Mirfield
Ravensthorpe (Greenwood Centre)

 

 

Space Explorers theme

Space Explorers

Birkby and Fartown
Chestnut Centre
Huddersfield
Lindley

 

 

Spooky theme

Spooky

Denby Dale
Kirkburton
Shepley
Skelmanthorpe

 

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South Asian Heritage Month: July 18 to August 17

South Asian Heritage Month theme

South Asian Heritage Momth seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities. It seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia.

This year’s theme is Free to be Me celebrating the beauty of simply being yourself.

southasianheritage.org.uk

eAudio and eBooks: South Asian Heritage Month collection

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Browse, download and read titles from our South Asian Heritage Month collection

Search our online catalogue to borrow or reserve these titles and so many more.

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Dagger in the Library Award Winner: Anthony Horowitz

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The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries and their users through taking part in library events.

The Dagger in the Library is awarded to an author writing in Britain who is nominated by libraries and borrowers in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and voted on by libraries.

The CWA awards - Dagger in the Library

Browse, download and read titles from our Dagger in the Library collection

Search our online catalogue to borrow or reserve the print editions..

 


Digital Magazines and Newspapers: 2024 Paris Olympics

PressReader.com

Reading digital versions of magazines and newspapers via our PressReader offer is increasingly popular, with nearly 700 readers and 34,000 issues opened every month. All you need is a Kirklees Library card.

 

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Sign up to PressReader with a Kirklees Library card and choose from over 7,000 titles from 120 countries in 60 languages.

 


Kirklees Libraries' Resources: Go Citizen

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Go Citizen is a study package for people preparing for the Life in the UK or British citizenship test. Includes the latest official study materials and hundreds of practice test questions.

Available online at all our libraries, at home or wherever you are on the interweb.

All you need is a Kirklees Library card.

kirklees.gocitizen.co.uk

 


Kirklees Libraries' Resources: Theory Test Pro

Theory Test website screenshot

Theory Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories.

It contains all the official test questions licensed from the DVSA, the people who set the tests.

Available online at all our libraries, at home or wherever you are on the interweb.

All you need is a Kirklees Library card.

kirklees.theorytestpro.co.uk

 


Home Library Service

Home Service Library flyer

This service is for residents who find it difficult to get to their local library therefore making reading possible for everyone.

The service is open to people of all ages and includes people who may be housebound, living in long term care, are carers, or people who are vulnerable due to long term conditions or disabilities.

Royal Voluntary Service, in conjunction with Kirklees Libraries run a free home library delivery service. We delivery library material every four weeks directly to the reader's door.

We have a full range of library material, ordinary print, large print books, audio books, dementia friendly books and puzzles. We also have full access to the children's library and teen section.

Our dedicated volunteers also offer a regular friendly face, chat, and wellbeing check for anyone who may need it.

If you, or anyone you know, are interested in receiving a visit from the Home Library Service please contact:

 


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Kirklees Transcription Service

KR Talking News

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Our Kirklees Transcription Service produce a free audio newspaper which provides news, views, interviews and features from around Kirklees. It features a variety of stories from a selection of local newspapers circulating in the area.

Listen to the podcast at: www.bwbf.org.uk/player/kirkleestn

Select the link to discover more about our Kirklees Transcription Service

 


Regular events at Kirklees Libraries

Creative Kirklees

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Find out the where and the when of regular events such as Storytimes, Lego Clubs, and Craft groups across our libraries.

Go to www.creativekirklees.com and search using #KirkleesLibraries.

 


Bookable events at Kirklees Libraries

Ticketsource

Screenshot of Ticketsource website

For events with partner organisations and touring performances.

Go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/kirkleeslibraries

 


Stay in touch

Linktree

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Use our Linktree address to stay up to date with Kirklees Libraries and for easy access to our resources and services.

linktr.ee/kirkleeslibraries

 

 

 

 

 


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