Library of King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham. The top performing girls' independent day school in the West Midlands. Librarian: Mr Rodgers.
Edgbaston, Birmingham
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As I close the book on my time at KEHS I wish everyone happy reading and the best of luck with all their endevours. I have left one final 'treasure hunt' - see if you can find the final book I booked in!Mr Rodgers has left the building.....📚 #endofanera #librarylife #newchapters
The @yabookprize specifically focuses on fiction for teenagers and young adults. The prize is organised by @thebookseller and run in with the @hayfestival Check out the display in the Junior Library and search on Oliver from the ‘Reading Lists’ tab. – at Birmingham, England
Patrice Lawrence is the next Children's Laureate! Find all her books in the Junior Library! – at Birmingham, England
Congratulations to Patrice Lawrence, just announced as the new Waterstones Children's Laureate. She pledges to ‘champion the power of books to make us feel like we belong and stories as a tool for bringing people together.’ 👏
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ALT Panel 1 A cartoon book with a face, legs and arms shouts out "Beware! Heatwave reading dangers!" Panel 2 Caption "Binding glue softened by the sun" Image: The book stands helplessly as its glue drips and pages fall to the floor. Panel 3 Caption "Dropped while reading in a cooling bath" Image: The book splashes into the water Panel 4 Caption "Mislaid by a heat-addled reader" Image: The book gestures wildly as the reader stumbles away in a daze. Panel 5 Caption "Spontaneous combustion" Image: The book explodes in flame. Panel 6 "Sweaty hands!" screams the book as it runs away from a large pink hand, dripping with perspiration.
Monday was the Community Read party with a visit from @bexhogan! Our Thirds had all their project work on show and were treated to an enthralling talk about the origin of fairy tales and Bex's brilliant #Faeryrealms book Nettle! #Nettle #communityread #authortalk – at Birmingham, England
To celebrate the publication of Murdle Junior 3 by G. T. Karber, have a look at the display in the Junior Library for this and other #Murdle mystery solving books – and pick up FREE bookmarks, stickers, puzzle pages and pencils! @readingagency @profilebooks – at Birmingham, England
To celebrate the publication of The Proving Game by Michael Connelly, have a look at the display in the Senior Library for this and other legal themed thriller novels. There are also FREE bookmarks and leaflets detailing Connelly’s other titles! @readingagency @orionbooks – at Birmingham, England
To celebrate the publication of Welcome to the School of Gods by Thiago de Moraes, have a look at the display in the Junior Library for this and other illustrated stories – and pick up FREE activity sheets, stickers and postcards! @readingagency @dfb_storyhouse #schoolofgods – at Birmingham, England
Congratulations to Beth O'Brien for Wolf Siren! Find this and all the shortlisted novels on display in the Junior Library! #Carnegies2026 @HarperCollins @CarnegieMedals – at Birmingham, England
🎉Wolf Siren scores a double win, taking both the 2026 Carnegie Medal and the Shadower's Choice Medal for Writing!
Congratulations to Beth O' Brien and @HarperCollinsUK! #Carnegies2026
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🎉Wolf Siren scores a double win, taking both the 2026 Carnegie Medal and the Shadower's Choice Medal for Writing!
Congratulations to Beth O' Brien and @HarperCollinsUK! #Carnegies2026
Congratulations to Virginia Evans for winning this year's @WomensPrize for Fiction. You can find her award winning book The Correspondent in the Senior Library, along with the rest of the shortlisted titles! #womensprizeforfiction #womenprize – at Birmingham, England
June is Pride Month! Have a look at the display in the Senior Library for a selection of books about and by people from the #LGBT community. Look out for the yellow stickers on the spines of books for more. Follow #readwithpride instagram chain with 61 other schools on 17th June!
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"We are in a reading crisis and #schoollibrarians are the specialists. When you're in a crisis, you call in the specialists." Yesterday, SLA CEO, Victoria Dilly gave evidence to the Education Committee on the decline in children #RfP: bit.ly/4uK77OG #SchoolLibraries
To celebrate the publication of The Blitz Sisters by Judith Eagle, have a look at the display in the Junior Library for this and other WW2 fiction – and grab a FREE Blitz Sisters bookmark/postcard!
@readingagency @faberchildrens
The @WomensPrize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world.The 6 shortlisted novels interrogate the roles women play in society and the power they hold, exploring themes of agency and human connection. Explore the display in Senior Library now!
To celebrate the publication of The Girl with the Suitcase by Lesley Pearse, have a look at the display in the Senior Library for this and other historical wartime thrillers! @readingagency @MichaelJBooks
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It’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TOMORROW– May 2 – so head down to your local comic shop to pick up some fantastic FREE COMICS!
Start with our title CONAN THE BARBARIAN: TIDES OF THE TYRANT #0!
Find your local participating store here: storelocator.freecomicbookda…
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