Library News
December 2016
Happy Holidays!
This beautiful 7 foot Christmas tree was donated to the Library by a Peak School family and we are so grateful. We have decorated it with our usual 'favourite books'. It is the perfect setting for Christmas stories which we have been sharing with the children: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas for the younger children and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for the older years.
Fiction for young readers
Speaking of reading stories... we have picked out some great books for our junior readers in the Library. The transition from Picture Books to Chapter Books is a great step and it's satisfying when children can find great books they can read on their own.
We have a great collection of Usborne books in the Library which make this transition easy - a combination of large, easy-to-read print paired with colour illustrations. Most of the books are abridged classics, so it also gets the children exposed to some well known literature. Look out for them in the stores over the Christmas holidays, but also remember we have loads in the Library!
Hong Kong Young Writer's Awards
Don't forget that the Hong Kong Young Writer’s Award deadline for entries is 20th January 2017, so if your young writer would like to enter a story, they should definitely be thinking about it over the holidays and possibly putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, whatever the case may be! Students can choose any category, and all entires must be their own, individual and original work.
The topic this year is New Tales Of Old Shanghai and all stories must be written about that subject to qualify for entry.
BIRTHDAY BOOK DONATIONS
If your child has a birthday coming up, why not make a book donation to the Library instead of cupcakes for the class? It can be any book, but we find the best are books that your child likes the most, be it books on transport, pets or popular fiction titles like Geronimo Stilton, Tintin or Lego...
Quote of the Month
Albus Dumbledore
Peak School Library
Email: library@peakschool.net
Website: http://oliver.esf.edu.hk/oliver/libraryHome.do
Location: Plunkett's Road, 20, Hong Kong
Phone: 28498522
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