2024 World Book Day books arrive in March
Newhaven School Library Blog/News, Reviews and Giveaways
Carole Oldfield librarian@newhavenschool.co.uk
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World Book Day marches in
World Book Day is on Thursday 7th March this year. We will have the books ready for you to collect in our Newhaven libraries. They are quick reads that fit easily into a backpack or a jacket pocket.
Both our Challenges at the end of this blog are about World Book Day. If your answers are correct, you can choose a gift book, a notebook, or pen and pencil.
Try each book with the ‘look inside’ feature and find out more on these pages. Challenge 2 is about one of the books. Why not also explore the whole website for activities, reading ideas and for author videos?
In the video interview below, author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s talks about her dyslexia, audio books and writing a book with a best friend. She also gives reading tips and lists her favourite books this year. This video contains all the answers to Challenge 1.
Resolve to read
Improve your reading skills and vocabulary by reading 15 minutes a day. Every minute more is a bonus. Reading is good for wellbeing, helps you to relax, to focus, and to find out more about things that interest you.
All reading brings benefits. Try newspapers, magazines, quiz books and comics. You do not have to finish every book when you read for your own pleasure. Consider these ideas about books.
- Reading is like making a movie in your mind.
- Opening a book is like opening a door to a whole new life.
- Reading stories will help you write the story of your own life.
Free audio books
Did you know that listening to books also helps improve your reading skills? These are available on the World Book Day website under the independent and fluent reader sections.
Shopping for ideas
How do you browse? In bookshops, people take books off the shelves, examine the covers and read the blurb on the back. Does the book cover design appeal? Does the blurb make you wonder? Then they might slip the book back in place or open it up and read a bit.
Consciously or unconsciously, they are seeing how much this is their sort of book. Is the print and page layout easy on their eyes? Could they read the whole book? Even if it is different, is it worth a try? Would they enjoy this genre?
Why not sample the Young Adult (YA) books at Bookshop.org? Booksellers from all over the UK give expert reviews on this collective online bookshop.
Here are four titles that caught my eye. Which should we buy for the library?
Three dates, three lists, three books…
I have chosen three important dates with three exciting book lists and one book from each list. Just let me know which you would like to see in your library. Click each logo to find out more.
Children’s Mental Health Week
“3 in 10 children and young people said that reading made them feel more confident or helped them deal with problems.”
National Literacy Trust November 2023.
Children’s Mental Health Week runs from 5th to 11th of February this year. This reading list is for young people aged 13 to 18 and includes digital resources.
LGBT+ History Month
This date is celebrated across the UK every February, and has been since 2005. There is a different theme each year. In 2024 it is Medicine – #UnderTheScope, hence the stethoscope in the 2024 logo.
We are about to refresh the LGBT+ section of Newhaven libraries. You will find reading ideas here.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
“Neurodivergent pupils told us that if they had read books featuring neurodivergent characters when they were younger, this could have helped them gain a better understanding of themselves, helped them feel less alone, and feel connected to others who were similar to them.”
Book Trust December 2023
Find out more about neurodiversity here and see the reading list here.
Here are some of the books we have at Kings Park library. You can request them at any site. Just let me know which you would like to read and I will bring the books to your library.
Autumn/Winter Challenges
You can pick up a paper copy of this form from the library.
Both Challenges are from the 2024 World Book Day website featured at the start of this blog.
CHALLENGE 1 –World Book Day Author
Follow this link to the video of Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. It is 5 minutes long but you will find all the answers in the first 3 minutes.
1) Which 3 of these 6 books did Faridah write?
Ace of Spades
The Hate You Give
Four Eids and a Funeral
The Crossing
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Punching The Air
2) Why does Faridah like audio books more than physical books?
Because she likes the smell of new books?
Because she is dyslexic and likes to listen to books being read aloud?
Because she likes to read books on her mobile phone?
CHALLENGE 2 – World Book Day Book
Follow this link to the sample of the graphic novel ‘Investigators – High-Rise Highjinks” by John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings and Pat Lewis. When you have read the sample, answer the questions.
1) Which of these 3 phrases is the first line of the story?
“Down in the financial district…”
“…a shadowy figure…”
“The city in the dead of night…”
2) Fill in the missing words from the blurb on the back cover (turn all the pages on the sample).
“It’s up to the crime-fighting __ __ __ to save the day, after a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ figure __ __ __ __ __ __ the bank!”
You can pick up a paper form to answer the questions on or email the answers from your school email account to librarian@newhavenschool.co.uk
Students sending in correct replies and completed entries can choose a gift. Ask in the library about a free book or an item of stationery. Maximum one gift per person per blog.
Deadline: Friday 22nd March 2024
Open to students from all Newhaven sites, learning at home and at school