#BBC500Words the UK's largest writing competition for 5-11 year-olds is back! 🎉 Story submission is open NOW until Friday 7 November at 9PM. Head to the link below to submit yours!✍️ bit.ly/4nChMI4

It's the start of #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in England and Wales! Did you know that the tinted paper in Barrington Stoke books helps to reduce visual stress and glare for many dyslexic readers? Find out more at: bit.ly/dyslexia-suppo… British Dyslexia Association

It's World Space Week! 🚀 Discover fascinating facts, gripping survival stories and expert Q&As that will spark curiosity & a love for space exploration. Celebrate space science through reading & bring the wonders of the cosmos into your classroom!🪐 Barrington Stoke

Believe it or not, books are still being banned all over the world! This #BannedBooksWeek check out a small selection of the books that have been banned over the years for a variety of reasons. Lift up the banned sheet & you might be surprised to find which book is underneath!

To help support activity for Dyslexia Awareness Week (#DAW25), publishers have shared some of their brilliant dyslexia-friendly books. Theis picks include a fantastic mix of genres for all age groups to pick up and enjoy!⁠ Check out the picks 🔗 readingagency.org.uk/resources/16241

This October, make storytime cosy ! For just 99p, enjoy our fantastic selection of kids' audiobooks! Perfect for after school adventures! The best part? This deal lasts the entire month! Grab your favorites now before 31st Oct 🎧

🌍It’s been great to see our Year 12 Geography students using the library over P2 & break to revise for their first learning checkpoint🌍 Good luck! 🤞

🤩Wow! What an incredible start to the school year! 640 books borrowed over the 20 days we were in school in September. Well done, everyone!👏📚

We have 2 pairs of the FAB #UnicornsinUniforms series with the NEW #TheYetisSneeze by LittleCornishWriter-TracyCurran Steven Wood to #win! Can a swoop of albatrosses help SUNNY & BEE rescue young YO-YO YETI after a huuuuge avalanche? RT & Flw by Oct 17 to enter #WRDMagComp Fox & Ink Books (formerly UCLan Publishing)

🌟We’re incredibly excited to announce our first author visit of the school year will be from the wonderful Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙🌟 Elle will be visiting our Y7 & 8 students on 17th Nov A letter has been sent to parents with more info. Books are available to preorder on ParentPay

📚Another fantastic meeting with our Diverse Book Club!📚 We discussed our latest reads by F.T. Lukens, Malala Yousafzai and Lee Knox Ostertag - Updates and enjoyed another chapter of our group read of The Wilder Girls by Rory Power.

Our local independent bookshops, Ebb & Flo are hosting a fantastic event with Kate Mosse! Promoting her new book aimed at readers 12+ (but adults can enjoy it too!), this is a great opportunity to hear an award-winning writer speak, as well as get your hands on a signed copy.

👻We’ve had some spooky visitors to the library!👻 Such a simple and great way to repurpose a damaged book and save it from being thrown away!

To mark the start of our #DLDDay celebrations, last night we lit up our school!💜 What a beautiful sight to shine a light on such an important cause, raising awareness and understanding of Developmental Language Disorder. ✨

🤩We love a new books deliver day!🤩 Look out for these fantastic new titles on our shelves very soon!

We have 3 copies of the Spooktastic (but not scary) #DoYouBelieveInGhosts? by Danny Robins ✏️ Ellen Walker to #win! For the chance to join Danny investigating ghost stories and discovering facts behind strange phenomenons… RT & Flw by Oct 24 to enter #WRDMagComp PuffinBooks

📚One of our lovely Y8 students, Lottie, enjoyed her most recent reads so much that she designed her own bookmarks inspired by Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross & A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson!📚 Amazing! 🤩

📚Don’t forget - tomorrow is your last day to secure your pre-order of any of Elle’s wonderful books ahead of her visit to school📚