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Ways to restock your library
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: To buy 100 new books split evenly between fiction and non-fiction in today’s market could easily cost over £1,000. With the discount specialists like SLS receive from suppliers, the cost for the same number of book...
Books to stop the million word gap
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: Who might say this? “We know that children who read for pleasure, and who are read to, gain all kinds of benefits.” The answer is as likely to be educators as librarians, but this time it was the current Waterston...
Closing the reading gap with the right book choice
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: For confident early readers and reluctant or not yet got it readers, tackling a whole book together in class can be tricky. The speedy ones think they know the story. While the not yet got it group might be struggling...
Dental health matters: teaching kids better oral care with books
AdviceRachel JohnstonHarrow SLS Librarian’s view: Dental health matters: tackling the ‘national embarrassment’ of the crisis in children’s dental health through children’s books A hospital operation is one experience that no parent w...
Books Kids Love: Curated by Kids, Loved by All
ReadingZoe DavisAssistant ManagerLancashire SLS Librarian’s view: At the Lancashire School Library Service, we understand the dedication and effort it takes to find the perfect book for each child in your school. With over 20 years of experie...
What larks: a life with books
InterviewJane Walker from the publisher Barrington Stoke talks about books that empower reluctant readers to get to the end of a story are a big win for all readers. Interview by Nicola Baird Barrington Stoke is known for its super-readable, dysl...