Last week we drew attention to November’s annual Non-Fiction celebration (find it here), but did you know that November is also picture book month? An international literacy initiative established by author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas and a group of co-founders, it’s a celebration of picture books and the brilliance of sharing physical books… Read More Picture Book Month!
We’ve been very fortunate to have lots of new books arrive in the office this week, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to showcase a few of these and remind you have you can of course borrow all the titles from us directly: just get in touch! We’d also like to remind you that… Read More New (Picture) Books!
Below are three books recently read and reviewed by our library assistant, Andrea, all of which are absolutely worth seeking out if you can. They’re all available from Norfolk Libraries (which have now all reopened!) so why not take a look here (click link). The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, illustrated by Chris Mould ‘Look… Read More Visually Stimulating New Reads
We Are Together by Britta Teckentrup This is a sweet picture book celebrating the joys and strengths of friendship and teamwork wherever and whoever you are, whether with just one person or many. Holes in the pages gradually reveal more and more small children of every shade and one or two with disabilities. Teckentrup uses… Read More A special book for St Valentine’s Day
On Tuesday morning, something special caught our eye over on Twitter. It wasn’t a funny video or an inspirational quote, but a simple hashtag: #picbookday. Former teacher and creator of the Literacy Shed, Rob Smith, started it all with one tweet: It is a #picbookday -help fill twitter with amazing picture books. Here's mine Grandad's Island'… Read More #PicBookDay
The Book Trolley 