Inspired by Kathleen Jamie and her collective poetry where she outsources lines to make new works. Pupils and staff have been asked for their favourite first lines of books - we will be using these on #NationalPoetryday- inspired by this year's theme of PLAY!

Calling all pupils - we need your help for #GreenLibrariesWeek for a spiky green project. See Mrs Baird for more...

Sorry to say the library will be closed tomorrow but super excited to say I will be off to #BetterWorldBooks for a #GreenLibraries event with @cilipscotland.bsky.social I can't wait to hear about all the green projects & we get a tour of all the delicious books they have. Sounds like a perfect day.

Thank you so much to the lovely people @hachettechildrens.bsky.social for our fantastic book club books. Pupils were so excited to get started and even happier when we said they could keep them.

Great fun lesson with S2 today talking about judging books by their covers and what works and what doesn't. We were wondering about this one. (maybe turn round?) What is your favourite/ least favourite cover and why?

It’s #ReadABookDay or as I call it everyday!

Making biscuits from our books at BooksNBiscuits books club

Two in three young people in Scotland have felt unsafe. That’s why Young Scot + @policescotland.bsky.social have launched a digital safety hub - to promote safety, reduce harm and build trust in the police. 💡 Giving young people clear info, right where they need it. 👉 https://young.scot/safety

BEHOLD my Wimpy collection from around the world - I still need more - where should I venture next?

The library was so busy today with lots of very excited S1 pupils with many of them already borrowing books to take home. It was wonderful to see. Please remember the library is closed till next Thurs ( I am of to my other school) . #schoollibraries #greatreadsmakegreatminds

Our new S1 pupils were loving our international Wimpy Kids. Can you name the 6 different languages? I would love some more from around the world - I wonder where next? @jeffkinney.bsky.social #WimpyKid #library #schoollibrary

Pupils are back tomorrow for the new term - so that means more bookish fun and games in the library. But get in quick as we are only open for one day this week - so lets make Wednesday wonderful!

"Here @cilip.bsky.social, we believe in the power of books, stories and information to open minds, spark curiosity, and shape a better future." If you're a #Librarian in need of a lift take 3 mins to watch @carnegiemedals.bsky.social carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st... @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the lovely bookseller from @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social last week - who helped me out when I bought this massive haul from their end of season sale- including what might be my favourite pop up book ever. #libraryhaul #greatbooks

And weeeeeeeeerrrrrreeeeee gonna be back for another year, starting on August the 25th. First meeting will address the most important question of the era... If your book was a biscuit , what type would it be? #BooksNBiscuits #bookclubs #Blueskybooks

Had the pleasure of meeting Danielle last year - such a lovely person and fantastic with pupils.

I herald....The LIBRARY! #FantasticReads

Great post from @elizabethutch.bsky.social as always www.elizabethahutchinson.com/post/why-eve...

Fantastic news for those involved but yet another year with no Scottish representation. www.sla.org.uk/Public/News/...

Every year I take a note of the books I have read ( mostly because by December I will have forgotten!). This year I am breaking down my reading habits into subgenres and themes. No surprise that fantasy is winning but two books with killer plants? Now that is a surprise!

Thanks so much to Mrs Y in Science for allowing me to help her out with the bees this morning. I was on smoking duty - trying to lull them to sleep. Not your typical day in the library but lots of fun and so interesting!

WIN a How to Train Your Dragon bundle worthy of a hero! We’ve teamed up with Hachette Children's and Rubies to give one lucky winner the chance to win an amazing prize! Enter here: buff.ly/96PrNvI

Top up on your Fact*or* Fiction this SUMMER with the LATEST WRDMag 😎📚💕 Read it online… for FREE! Or printed if you prefer to turn the pages in person😊weblink in bio. It's stuffed with latest book extracts, interviews & reviews for 8yrs+ & Xtra for teens. Spread the WRD! #WRDmag

I didn't know this - here are our #Spredges @faberchildrens.bsky.social I think they might even be in the correct order- almost - maybe I should have bought all ten? #stunning #books #fiction #CodeRead

Today's top story: Glasgow Boys, Margaret McDonald's coming of age novel, edited by Alice Swan and Ama Badu, has won the Branford Boase Award www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article... (£)

Become a Friend of Scottish Book Trust! ✨📚🧑‍🤝‍🧑 By setting up a regular donation, you'll be helping more children, families and adults in Scotland access the magic of books. www.scottishbooktrust.com/support-us/b...

A bit of "fun" from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Every school needs a school librarian.

#BookSquad have created a handy guide for parents and carers to keep children reading over the summer 🌞 Packed with useful suggestions like summer book bingo, building a reading nook, themed reading and more, it's a great way to encourage young readers 📚 bit.ly/4ll4D5q

Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron. Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries. To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July. #ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2

Off to see #F1? Why not read Drive by Cynthia L. Copeland? A dual narrative #graphicnovel sure to keep your fiction foot on the gas of reading #terriblepunsIapologisefornothing

Next read for the summer is the final book in The Blind Bowman series #WildwoodRising. Can't wait to find out how this trilogy is resolved, though will be sad to leave Robin Hood, Marian & the gang behind (not the Sheriff or Guy of Gisbourne as they are baddies) #EPIC @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Proof that if you believe in your work it might just happen. Not sure I could have handled 60 rejections. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📻 Carnegie 2025 Writing winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social joined BBC Front Row last night to discuss Glasgow Boys, writing in Scots dialect, and read a moving extract from the book. Listen here at 29:35 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Well the shelves are half empty with pupils grabbing their summer reads. Have a bookishly wonderful holiday teachers and pupils! See you in August with lots of new lessons, new books and new stories to share! #schoollibraries #summerreading #books

Our annual Summer of Code competition is live. Open to all Primary and Secondary pupils! Lots of prizes to give away dresscode.org.uk/competitions #ChooseComputingScience #ClosingTheGenderGap #edutwitter #computing #caschat #STEM #SummerOfCode

Brilliant article from @literacy-trust.bsky.social that mirrors our own #CodeRead project aims. literacytrust.org.uk/blog/how-can...

Here lies our land: every airt Beneath swift clouds, glad glints of sun, Belonging to none but itself… —Kathleen Jamie, “Here lies our land” A poem commissioned in 2014 to mark the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn – fought #OTD, 24 June, 1314 – & inscribed on the Bannockburn monument

An AI-related definition of the word ’slop’ has entered the Cambridge Dictionary for the first time, ’reflecting growing concerns about increasing amounts of low-quality content created by AI’ 👇 #BookSky

#OTD, 24 June, in 1314, the Scottish army under King Robert I destroyed a much larger English invasion force at Bannockburn, in one of the most decisive battles in medieval history. In 1793 Robert Burns composed “Scots Wha Hae”, originally entitled “Robert Bruce’s March To Bannockburn” #C18th ⚔️🧵 1/5

Squeeeeeeeeezing in one last S3 class before the school holidays this morning - where they chose excellent summer reads and started on their personal reading #Zines

Brilliant to have two more schools from different authorities signing up to be #CodeRead schools next year. This means more reading, more books and more brilliant opportunities for school librarians and Computing Science teachers to work together. #GettingReadersCodingandCodersReading

Reading my very first #Manga I love monster/ Kaiju books and I even met the original man who played #Godzilla Haruo Nakajima en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruo_N...

Mrs B as a #Labubu Hmmm!

Brilliant news!

And the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to Glasgow Boys! Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social! #Carnegies2025

Excited to get S3 pupils back into reading before summer. Passport 2 Pages aims to tailor the reading experience as close to the reader as possible whilst acknowledging the roles that the librarian, teacher, pupil & parents & carers have to play. First stop the Reading Contract.

To celebrate the arrival of our badges we have a new section in the library for lots of our #CodeRead books. It looks so good! Thanks to @slic for our #SLIF funding. Lets get Coders Reading & Readers Coding. There is no department that could not benefit from some library magic.