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Here are June's most popular books in our library - The Hunger Games renaissance is still going strong 💪
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“One kid at a time, one school at a time” – books that explore male friendship are sparking change, tackling the rise of toxic influences like the "manosphere" Celebrate the #Carnegies2025 winners + how they offer boys richer, more emotional stories theguardian.com/books/2025/j…
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It's #WorldRefugeeDay, but we know that talking to children about refugee and asylum can sometimes be difficult. Books can offer a way into these conversations, so we've put together lists of recommendations for children and teens: booktrust.org.uk/book-recomm…
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Thanks to all the students who worked on putting together our Pride month assemblies! #WeAreNewstead 🌈🌈
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COMPETITION TIME! To celebrate the launch of @philearle's much-anticipated follow-up to When the Sky Falls, we're giving away a class set of THE DAWN OF ADONIS plus posters & bookmarks to one lucky school. Plus an extra 10 schools will win a book & poster RT by 26/06 to win!
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‘Combined Classics’ - my cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks
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May's most popular books in our #SchoolLibrary. Holly Jackson is back in that top spot 🔍📷👣
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Still time to enter the Folio Book Illustration Award 2025! This year’s brief: illustrate Rapunzel in your own unique style for a chance to win £2,000, Folio vouchers and the chance to feature in a future edition. Enter by 23 May 2025 📚 foliosociety.com/uk/FolioBIA
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What’s in the Bag? Come and play Carnegie Clues in the Younger Teen Reading Group (11-13) at #OrpingtonLibrary & find out! We meet on Mondays each month book chat, games & snacks. To book please email [email protected]. Next meeting 14/5/25.
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We have 4 copies of the GRIPPINGLY TWISTY #Traumaland by #JoshSilver to #WIN! Are you a thrill seeker? Would you follow 17-year-old Eli down the virtual reality rabbit hole to Traumaland? RT & Flw by May 9 to enter, if you dare! 🐰🎧 @rocktheboatnews #WRDMagComp
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Good luck to our brilliant musicians and choir who have begun their musical tour of Belgium! 🇧🇪🎵🇧🇪🎶🇧🇪#WeAreNewstead @MusicNewstead @United_Music1
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✨ RETWEET TO WIN!✨️ We’re celebrating our #WCBP25 win with a #giveaway! Win a signed copy of Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez + signed standee + sticker sheet + bookmark! T&Cs: Open to UK residents only, ends 1pm April 7th. Winner selected at random.
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Here are March's most popular books in our library. Manga has had a good month! #SchoolLibraries
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We've lost such a great talent. Alex Wheatle MBE. We love his books, especially Cane Warriors, runner up in our YA cateogry 2021. He had an impact on so many authors helping them to navigate the industry. Our love and condolences to his family and everyone who loved him.
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📣 The 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing shortlist is here! This year's books have a focus on marginalised perspectives. ✨✍️ Congratulations to the exceptional shortlisted authors! 🏅 #Carnegies2025 Delve into the books here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/writing-shor…
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Word of the Day: GRUBBLING - scrabbling through your pockets to check you have all your possessions.
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Thank you to our amazing Year 11 APOS team for a fantastic #PinchOfSpice evening! #WeAreNewstead
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Here are February's most popular books in our library. Holly Jackson and Suzanne Collins remain popular, as does our manga section! 🔍🏹🗨️ #NewsteadReads #SchoolLibraries
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Our y7 judging panel have been reading the shortlist for this year's @royalsociety Young People's Book Prize. Students have reviewed and rated all 6 books, and their results have been submitted. Our panel's winning book was Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Sheila Kanani. 🌈📚
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