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=Boclair Academy Library =

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====On this wiki you will find information that will help you use the library effectively throughout your school career. There will be links to useful websites, book reviews, research hints and templates. There will also be news from the library and Boclair BookEnds. ====

June 2012
====Check out the Boclair BookEnds page and the Carnegie Medal page for the latest news from the reading group. ====

====No great surprises about who the top authors were for session 2011- 2012 have a look at Most Borrowed Authors page and see if your favourite is there! ====

Carnegie Shadowing Group
==== The shortlist of eight titles has been announced and the winner will be announced on Thursday 11th June. We have 11 weeks to read all eight and make our decision as to which is the best book this year! I have readers lined up and ready to go as soon as the books arrive into the library and the first meeting will be on Wednesday 18th April at lunchtime. The review site is up and running just waiting for our first reviews! ====

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World Book Day is on Thursday 1st March and all S1 and S2 pupils will get a £1 voucher to use in the purchase of a book or to buy one of the World Book Day £1 books. The Scholastic Book Club magazines will also be given out on Thursday and the tokens can be used in the purchase of books from there too. Some S1 classes will be designing bookmarks for a national competition to celebrate the day and other S1 and S2 pupils will also have the opportunity to take part in the competition by picking up an entry form and returning it to the library by Monday 5th March. There will be some small prizes for the best artwork amongst our entries which will be announced later in the week. Scholastic Book Club orders should be brought to the library with payment byThursday 8th March. =====

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The next Scholastic Book Club magazine is now in and will be issued to S1 and S2 classes soon, there are lots of bargain packs of books and a page of sale items at £1.99 and £2.99 plus the usual selection of new titles at reduced prices. =====

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December has brought snow, ice and high winds to Boclair but the library elves have been busy decorating for the festive period and there are a selection of Christmas books to suit all tastes on offer for loan over the holidays. =====



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The latest new books are all on shelves including some 'Star Biographies', Extreme Survival Guides and a range of physics titles including 'The Science of Superheroes'. The pink box is full of interesting story books and adventure books are on the spinner. =====

If you can't decide what to choose why not have a look at the review folder and see what other pupils have enjoyed!
There have been some changes to the library this summer with the acquisition of a new double book spinner for Senior Fiction thrillers. This means the single spinner can house new Junior Fiction titles. During this summer, the oyster catchers who nested on the roof outside the library and disturbed us all with their high-pitched call, successfully hatched two chicks. 