It's here and ready for 'Name in the Hat' from next Monday! The latest part 名探偵コナン107 is catalogued and ready to read! We will need a super large hat! Remember to put the title, your name and class on the paper! Good luck! 小学館コミック 江戸川コナン The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

This week in Nursery, Reception and Y1, we are reading Cats on the bookshelf's wonderful picture book! We loved the illustrations and chatting about the story and the characters! Just brilliant for our younger readers with some great humour too! Frances Lincoln Children's Books Quarto Kids The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Hot news for our parents and staff: 村田沙耶香 Sayaka Murata's latest book, author of 'Convenience Store Woman' and 'Earthlings', has just arrived in our Showa Primary Library, signed and stamped/hankoed from Waterstones! Email me if you are interested! Granta Magazine The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

What a great book by Maria Marianayagam! Ajay follows his parents' firm rules of life. Egged on by bully Jacob, Ajay gets him a chocolate bar from Angry Al's corner shop. Inside he finds a token for a million dollars! A string of lies starts up! HarperCollins The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

What a brilliant and informative graphic novel for Y6 this week by Julian Voloj and Joerg Hartmann about the inspiration, financing and construction of the world famous Statue of Liberty by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. Superb non-fiction GN! Nobrow The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

This is the sale not to miss! 20% Off! Stock up before the summer holidays! We will all be going! See you there! If you need more information, ask us in the library! The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

What a great addition to our Showa Primary Library by @julioanta and Gabi, the Salmon of Knowledge! Santiago's efforts to learn good, natural sounding Spanish will be something that most of us brought up with more than one languages will recognise! @rhkidsgraphic @bst_tokyo @bstpta

Congratulations to Y3R, Ms. Ohkubo and Mr. Egli for winning this year's Y3 Sakura Cup with 62 votes! Well done for reading so many books! Sakura Medal @bst_tokyo @bstpta

Congratulations to Y4B, Ms. Miyake and Mrs. King for winning this year's Y4 Sakura Cup with a staggering 118 votes! Well done for reading so many books! Sakura Medal The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Great series in French by Antoine Dole / MrTan, author of Mortelle Adèle, illustrated by Dumont Guillaume. Elliot and his parents move into a haunted house at 109 rue des Soupirs! Things are fine until the new nanny turns up, Ulrika von Parprika! Casterman BD The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Congratulations to Y6S, Mr. Norton and Ms. Kimura for winning this year's Y6 Sakura Cup with an amazing 189 votes! They read 648 books! Well done for so much amazing reading! Please keep it up next year! The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Look what is sitting on our shelves waiting for everyone when the half term holiday is over! 'Names in the Hat' as usual! Another reason to rush into the library as soon as the doors open! David Walliams HQ adam stower HarperCollins Children's Books The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Congratulations to Y5P, Mrs. Girling, Mr. Beattie and Mrs. Merano for winning this year's Y5 Sakura Cup with an amazing 123 votes! They read 480 books! Well done for so much amazing reading! Please keep it up next year! The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

We’ll be there! Try and stop us!

Last day of the special 20% Off Sale!

What a brilliant book to end the school year with for our younger readers! Everyone loves this book: cheeky rhymes and disgusting pictures! Just perfect and innovative in design! It looks just like a sandwich! Walker Books The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

Congratulations to Reception Bears, Mr. Bateson and Mrs. Teramachi for being the first class in the WHOLE of Primary to get all their books back to the library! Well done! Bring your books back tomorrow, if you want to be the second fastest class! The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

What a great book by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez to read to start talking about moving away and how you can still be friends even when living miles apart! Never an easy topic at the end of the school year! Walker Books The British School in Tokyo BST PTA