Book of the Month:

Pupils at Sibford School will be taking part in the Oxfordshire Book Awards for the first time! They will be reading the short-listed books and voting for their favourite at the end of March – only pupil votes are allowed so the Awards are only won by the books that are truly the best books to read. Why not read them and join in the vote!

Click on the link below to see the full list: http://www.oxfordshirebookaward.org/2011-short-list

Need ideas on what to read next?

Use the book guides in the Library particularly “Who Next?” which suggests other authors who write in a similar way to your favourite authors! It also lists authors by genre so if you want a book about spies, families, school or want a good laugh check out this book next time you are in the library.

The link below has lots of suggestions for 'Riveting Reads and Books for Boys'

Library Club:

We now have a Library Club on Thursday lunchtimes. We’ll be doing book related games and activities and each half-term we’ll all read the same book so that we can discuss it together. The current choice is ‘Guilt Trip’ by Anne Cassidy.

Visiting Writer:

Mark Robson will be visiting on 7th March, World Book Wednesday. He will be selling and signing his books. On our other World Book Wednesday (Feb 29th), we will be arranging lots of different bookish activities in the library.

Christmas Reading Challenge:

Annabel Baker, 9PS won our Christmas Reading Challenge. Jordan Bird and Arthur Clarke were our runners up.

We had some splendid reviews written which we will keep in a folder for other pupils to consult. Please do continue to try reading books by lots of different authors! There are so many!

Visiting author - Mark Robson

Do you like stories about magicians, or spies? Perhaps you prefer demons, or huge, fire-breathing dragons? Best-Selling Author of Fantasy Fiction for Young Adults Mark Robson will be visiting Sibford School on 7th March talking to pupils about his books and his life as an author.

Mark’s books are easy-to-read, ‘swords-and-sorcery’ style adventures suitable for anyone aged 10+. Do check out his website for more information markrobsonauthor.com and borrow one of his books from the Library before his visit.

World Book Day

At Sibford on 29th February (1st March for the rest of the World). More information soon on how we will celebrate.

Coming Soon:

• Access to 'Oliver'
  Sibford School Library computer system which will include information on books, magazines, student reviews and enable pupils and students to make book reservations.

Links to useful websites for research, interest and information

Below are links to good authoritative websites that we think you may find of interest, for further guidance on where to gain information just ask Meg or Frances.

Reference online from Oxfordshire County Libraries - Good, reliable, free, on-line information. You need to be a member of Oxfordshire libraries to access these - you just need your library membership number - the 9 digit number without spaces (if you are not a member you can join Oxfordshire libraries on-line, and it is free.

The world famous encyclopaedia, in three editions:
Britannica Junior: For ages 5-11 – information can be read out loud by clicking on the speaker button
Britannica Student: For ages 11-18
Encyclopaedia Britannica: For ages 18+

Credo Reference -150 reference books which can be easily searched to help you with the answers you are looking for. Great for all subjects

UK Newsstand - Articles from the national and regional daily and Sunday papers. Updated daily. Very useful for all subjects

Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 - Find copies of actual articles from the Times newspaper. A fascinating record of 200 years of world news coverage

 British Library Newspapers Collection - 71 local and national papers from the nineteenth century. Fascinating, easy to use and great source of historical information for all subjects, not just history!

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - 55,000 biographies of British people (who have died). Very useful for all subjects

Who's Who - Who’s Who and Who Was Who: the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide.

Oxford English Dictionary - The definitive dictionary of the English language.

Oxford Reference Online Premium - 170 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Great for all subjects

Litfinder - Contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. Good for English

Grove Art Online - Thousands of pages of information about art, artists together with images of many artworks.

Grove Music Online - Information on classical music, world music, pop & jazz

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You can request books on-line and they will be delivered to your chosen library