The Online Library Newsletter - January 2022 Edition #6

The OPHS Library Online Newsletter

January 2022  #6

Welcome to our Online Monthly Library Newsletter

Welcome back to School and Happy New Year 2022!!

Every month, in our Library Newsletter, we will have reviews on wonderful books that we have in our Library, snippets of new books on the horizon and interesting information about lovely Authors and books-to-movies information. There will be links to access upcoming books that are in The Library and lots of book information that you will enjoy.  We will have competitions, winner announcements, links to short stories and poems and other interesting literacy information all in one Newsletter!  

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Children’s Podcasts 

Podcasts have become a huge part of our everyday lives – allowing us to listen to interesting, informative and fresh audio in our own time, for free.

While adults can catch up on popular radio shows, lose themselves in a true crime series, or hear their favourite celebs interviewed in informal circumstances – children have a healthy appetite for podcasts, too.

Podcasts for children are fabulous because they provide a brilliant way of absorbing information and they can be played in the car, before bed to wind down or while cooking, doing jigsaws or colouring.

Podcasts help children to focus and encourage their imaginations to expand.

The best podcasts for children are so artfully produced that parents will enjoy them too and listening can be a family activity and manage to combine learning with fun. 

Any podcast worth its salt will be well-produced – that is to say voices and sounds will be clear and crisp.

'You’re Dead To Me': Free, BBC

The past is a trove of intrigue and storytelling potential – as proved by this podcast hosted by historian Greg Jenner. There are jokes aplenty as Jenner goes about the serious business of unravelling the past. You’re Dead To Me is the perfect example of how children can learn without even realising it. It’s cheeky and irreverent – just the sort of tone youngsters love. We especially recommend "the history of chocolate" episode as well as the one on Blackbeard, arguably the most famous and fearsome pirate in the history of the world.

'But Why': Free, npr

“Why?” is a great question and is proof of an enquiring mind, but it can’t half drive busy parents around the bend. Which is why this podcast is a saving grace. It essentially fields questions from children and answers them all, engaging the help of experts in all sorts of different fields. No topic is off limits and no query too highfalutin or basic. Anything goes. Questions we have loved listening to the answers for include “why do we laugh?” “what is the biggest number?” and most recently, “why do baby teeth fall out?”. Parents are guaranteed to learn something new and the information is delivered in a playful, clear way. And if your children have a burning question, it’s easy to send it to the producers of But Why and have it answered.

'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls': Free, Rebel Girls

An offshoot of the hugely successful bestselling book of the same name, this podcast is all about championing clever and tenacious women from across all sectors including the arts, civil rights and sport. Each of these episodes are about 20 minutes long and focus on one extraordinary woman – read by another extraordinary woman. Greta Thunberg's story read by Jameela Jamil is one recent stand out episode, while the sublime Pamela Adlon reading Frida Kahlo is nothing short of a treat. And don’t let the gendered title put you off – these stories are for everyone.

'Peace out': Free, Bedtime FM

This gentle podcast is perfect for children who struggle to wind down or who might need a little help turning off at the end of a busy day. These short stories all promote mindfulness and seek to instil some inner calm into the often-fraught minds of little ones. All will help with relaxation and include breathing exercises. Chanel Tsang who presents the podcast has a very soothing, soft voice, backed up by the kind of music you might listen to during a deep tissue massage. Even without the content, the sound itself is so restful.

We love the visualisation she practises in many of the episodes – imagining a bed for example. We defy anyone, adults included, to not want to head off to the land of nod after listening to this. Our three-year-old listener yawned a big yawn at the end and said: “I’m so cosy”, which is a ringing endorsement of a podcast promoting peacefulness.

'Circle Round': Free, npr

This is such a lovely podcast – combining music and folklore to create audio to suit children aged between four and 10-years-old. Each episode will have a moral hinge for children and parents to focus on – including kindness and tenacity. We especially loved listening to the recent "the king and the cobbler" episode and really appreciate how the producers addressed how important one’s imagination is in challenging times, such as the current global crisis. As well as the audio play, they suggest a range of at-home activities for children to get on with, either during or after listening.

'The Story Pirates Podcast': Free, Story Pirates

These stories are written by kids – and many of them are read by real live celebrities, including the brilliant Claire Danes. The titles alone are superb (if the likes of "the monkey and the ice skates" or "my family are tigers" doesn’t whet young appetites for fiction, we don’t know what will) and the stories themselves are all imaginative, original and beautifully written. We think knowing that these are written by their peers will be endlessly inspiring to young listeners.

'Brains On!': Free, Brains On

This is one for curious scientists, both children and adults. Hosted by reporters and young scientists, Brains On tackles big topics head on through conversation and discussion and a healthy dose of humour and silliness. The secret world of dust was fascinating and there is also a brilliant episode all about memory and the feeling of deja vu. At 30 minutes each, these are best suited for children aged six or seven or older who have more honed attention spans.

'Stories Podcast': Free, Stories Podcast

These weekly episodes are essentially performances of some of the world’s best loved children’s stories including fairy tales, fables and Greek mythology. The narrator has a lively, lyrical voice full of depth and expression which really helps children to engage with the plot and characters. The episodes last from around 15 to 30 minutes. (Above Podcast information from The Times).

 

10 best biographies 

For kids to learn about inspiring figures

While fairy tales and myths are so popular with small people because they are removed from reality – which are filled with lavishly furnished castles, dragons and pixies and houses made of sweets and women with hair that princes can use as ladders – that doesn’t stop children having a hunger for true stories.

But biographies are especially tough to write for even the most well-read audiences because they are by definition a detailed, factual account of a person’s life and achievements.

But when the reader is a child, a biographer’s job is much, much tougher. Children are engaged by drama: highs, lows and the exciting headlines of a story.

Much of the important detail which underpins drama is dismissed as boring by children – and this is why biographies for kids which manage to retain all key facts, provide context and make another person’s life feel, well, alive are so precious.

The same goes for biographies that can use accessible language and explain complex ideas without being patronising. 

‘Portrait of an Artist: Frida Kahlo’ by Lucy Brownridge and Sandra Dieckmann, published by Wide Eyed Editions

One of the first of many things we loved about this biography of Frida Kahlo is that the vibrant and colourful illustrations incorporate reproductions of the Mexican painter’s most famous pieces. At the end of the book, a handful of her most prominent works are discussed in detail, like an illustrated glossary, which was a lovely touch.

Kahlo’s life was complicated, vivid and accomplished, despite being short. This version of it uses direct language to convey her illnesses, her heartbreak and her love of her homeland. Readers find out how she often worked from her bed, are given an insight into how she felt about her body and what magic realism is.

This is the perfect introduction to a true visionary, a woman who broke boundaries for women in art. Also, be prepared for young readers to demand to visit Kahlo’s blue house immediately.

 ‘Cleopatra’ by Katie Daynes, published by Usborne

She is one of the most famous women in history – ruling in a land of pharaohs and pyramids with an an instantly recognisable haircut to boot so Cleopatra’s biography is something of a must-read for children. This volume is wordy, suitable for older children who can digest more. Children will discover the infighting of Cleopatra’s family and how she could only rely on herself.

The pictures are bright and detailed, and what we really liked about this was that it will take a few days to get through if read as a bedtime story, which will feel grown up to plenty of children who are used to getting through at least one book per bedtime.

 ‘Gloria Takes a Stand’ by Jess Rinker, published by Bloomsbury

The life of women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem is beautifully laid bare in this tome. The perfect way to encourage girls and boys to debate, speak up and listen, as well as educate them about the fight for women’s equality.

Gloria’s love of reading and writing, the courage of her own conviction and the way she advocated for herself is all the more impressive when you think that it happened at a time when it was very much a man’s world – rare for women to be highly educated or have careers.

Gloria wanted gender equality for all and made it her life’s work to achieve that. She is the ultimate feminist icon and a hero for everyone regardless of their age or sex.

 ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ by Jamia Wilson and Andrea Pippins, published by Wide Eyed Editions

With acid-bright illustrations, this book is a glorious celebration of 52 black heroes – past and present. It’s such an inviting book – everything about it is big and bold, the pages teem with detail and information. There are household names here – the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Nelson Mandela, as well as lesser-known heroes like chess player Maurice Ashley and tennis pro Yannick Noah. “You have to see it to be it” is the driving force of this book – this is what young people of all races need to see.

‘Her Story: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World’ by Katherine Halligan and Sarah Walsh, published by Nosy Crow

The contents are divided into sections depending on field of expertise, skill or achievement – for example “Help & Heal” includes the lives of Florence Nightingale and Maria Montessori. Each page is broken up into patches of text, drawn illustrations, photographs and pull quotes, making for an absolute banquet for the eyes and mind.

Grown-ups and kids alike are going to come away with a wealth of knowledge about 50 intrepid women who have shaken up the world in one way or another. We particularly enjoyed learning about Elizabeth I and Ada Lovelace and appreciated how sensitively the stories of women with particularly traumatic lives, like Anne Frank, were treated.

Each woman’s biography is thorough, detailing their childhoods, personal adversity and achievement. There is a hero to inspire any youngster whether they dream of being an artist, author, astronaut, or activist.

What we love about this book is that it’s essentially a reminder that the world is a huge place, the possibilities are exciting, infinite, and there for the taking.

 

‘Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2’ by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, published by Timbuktu Labs

The first Rebel Girls volume was such a runaway success – with little girls (and boys) across the land being given this weighty tome as a means of exploring real life stories of remarkable women in short, manageable bites – that it’s no surprise there’s a follow up.

As with the first, each biography is no longer than a double page spread and focuses on a prominent, exceptional woman who has in one way or another achieved something extraordinary. Our four-year-old reviewer is particularly delighted by Beyoncé but has developed a new-found fascination with Peggy Guggenheim and Steffi Graf.

The writing is simple, clear and concise – perfect for younger children to be read to out loud or for older ones to tackle alone. Don’t be put off by the gendered title, this is arguably even more useful for boys than it is for girls. We aren’t too proud to admit it, but every single one of these stories taught us something new, too. A delight.

‘Work It, Girl: Michelle Obama’ by Caroline Moss, published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

We think this bright and beautiful book is perfect for children who are perhaps not quite ready for Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming but are capable of reading chapter books and digesting important quotations. This is a picture book, but it also includes plenty of written detail and pull quotes, all of which serve to tell the story of the former first lady who started life as Michelle Robinson on Chicago’s poor south side. This documents her hard work, resilience, racism, and empowerment. But, it’s also a love story, a handbook on leadership, and a joy to read.

 ‘On A Beam Of Light’ by Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky, published by Chronicle Books

Who isn’t interested in the story of the man whose name is synonymous with genius? This book about the life of Albert Einstein is beautifully illustrated using muted tones not usually employed for children’s books, but it came as a refreshing change.

Readers discover that Einstein took years to even utter a word, didn’t do particularly well in school and afterwards couldn’t find a job in his chosen profession of teaching. But Berne’s easy and straightforward storytelling offers readers and overarching and dominant theme: it was Einstein’s curiosity and questioning that made him the household name he is now. His ability to ask why things are so and to never stop working to find answers was at the heart of his success. Our four-year-old tester had plenty of questions of her own by the end of this book, including “why is Albert’s hair so wild?” and “why can’t we ride a bicycle on a beam of light?” Plus, she was thrilled to discover Einstein hated wearing socks as much as she does.

At the end, Berne writes a few further notes about Einstein’s theories, politics, and personality – perfect for older children. 

 ‘Boy oh Boy’ by Cliff Leek and Bene Rohlmann, published by Quarto

This book is so important offering, as it covers some 30 positive male role models including the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Edward Enninful and David Hockney.

The men in this volume redefine masculinity, allowing children to see that men cannot and should not be stereotyped: strength is not simply physical, emotions are for everyone and creativity is to be embraced.

 

 ‘Little People, Big Dreams: Jesse Owens’, by Maria Isabel Sanchez and Anna Katharina Jansen, published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

The Little People, Big Dreams series is ever-expanding, and we are here for it, not least because the books in it inform parents and grown-ups just as much as they do children.

There are so many brilliant biographies to choose from, but we picked the newest release –Jesse Owens – because his story is not simply about his excellence as an athlete, but it is also an important lesson in the pain and injustice of racism.

Readers will find out how Owens excelled at the Olympics, in front of Adolf Hitler, bringing glory to America, but he had to go to his own celebratory party at the White House through a servant’s door because he was black.

Be prepared to answer some tough questions on race, civil rights, and white privilege.  (‘Best Biographies’ from The Independent)

 

 

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World Book Day 2022 is coming on the 3rd March 2022!

We're so excited to announce the 25th anniversary of World Book Day on

 3rd  March 2022. It will be filled with lots of exciting, celebratory ways to promote reading for pleasure, and all-year round, including the new £1 books.

Acrostic poems

Library, Library 

Is the best place to be 

Books to borrow 

Read them for free 

Amazing books all for me 

Remember to return them for everyone else to see

You have plenty to choose from, pick carefully! 

Loving the look

I chill out here all the time

Books, books everywhere

Reading is the way to go

Are you reading enough?

Reaching for another great book from the shelves

You are always welcome in the Library!

Let’s go to The Library!

In the car I wait for my lift there!

Being in the car I am impatient

Ready to pick my new books

Arguing with Mum for taking to long!

Really sorry Mum!

Yes, I will do the dishes when I get back

Books to Movie Adaptations

My favourite by Year 8 Student

My favourite movie that has been adapted into a book is Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. This is because with any Harry Potter book, it's usually better than the movie and Goblet of Fire being my favourite Harry Potter movie, I knew that the book would be even better.

In my opinion, the book is better than the movie as it's more immersive, and you can get really carried away with book, but the film is also quite good.

Goblet of Fire is definitely my favourite Harry Potter book as it has been action-packed and always leaves you on the edge of your seat.

Come and check out our fantastic Non-Fiction Books!

Books to Movies

 

What film adaptation did you love?

What is your favourite movie that has been adapted from a book

Let us  know the name of the book and movie adaptation that you loved the best, saying if you prefer the book or the movie, and why.  Your contribution will then be added to our next Newsletter in February!

 

 

 

 

How to Write an Epic Short Story

Write a short epic

Truth is stranger than fiction. Often it is funnier too. Short Epics are nuggets from the daily news that might raise a smile or prompt a remark that starts: “You wouldn’t believe it, but…” They must be no longer than 140 characters long including spaces. Do have a go at writing one and send it to ltaylor@oakspark.redbridge.sch.uk and your epic story will be in our next issue of our online Library Newsletter!

 

 

 

“You wouldn’t believe it but my cat got one million views on his YouTube Account”

 

 

 

“You wouldn’t believe it but I went to London over the School holidays and rode on a pink bus!”

 

 

Great New Books coming to The Library!!

     

 

          

 The 100 Most Iconic Book Quotes

From a stunning first sentence to a perfect string of dialogue, there are certain parts of books that feel particularly memorable. And whether they make us laugh, cry, or simply reflect, these quotable lines have a habit of sticking with us long after we turn the final page. Read on for some of the best book quotes we won’t ever forget.

1. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

2. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

3. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.” — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

4. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

5. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

6. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

7. “A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden

8. “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” ― John Green, Looking for Alaska

9. “This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

10. “‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” — E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

11. “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

12. “Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.” — Toni Morrison, Beloved

13. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

14. “And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

15. “Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” — Margery Williams, Velveteen Rabbit

16. “Ever’body’s askin’ that. ‘What we comin’ to?’ Seems to me we don’t never come to nothin’. Always on the way.” — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

17. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

18. “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

19. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

20. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

21. “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

22. “It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.” — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

23. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”  — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

24. “Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

25. “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” — Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

26. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

27. “Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.” — Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

28. “Why, sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

29. “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” — J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

30. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

31. “You pierce my soul. I am half agony. Half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.” — Jane Austen, Persuasion

32. “So it goes…” — Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

33. “I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.” — Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

34. “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.” — Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

35. “When you play the game of thrones you win or you die.” — George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

36. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

37. “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.” — Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

38. “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” — Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

39. “Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.” — Yann Martel, Life of Pi

40. “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s

41. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

42. “You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” — Cormac McCarthy, The Road

43. “Call me Ishmael.” — Herman Melville, Moby Dick

44. “It was a pleasure to burn.” — Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 

45. “The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not even past.” — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

46. “He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” — Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

47. “’And now,’ cried Max, ‘let the wild rumpus start!’” — Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

48. “Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.” — Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

49. “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey

50. “Time is the longest distance between two places.” ― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

51. “The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.” — Kate Chopin, The Awakening

52. “We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

53. “The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.” — Stephen King, The Stand

54. “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

55. “My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

56. “So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” — Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

57. “I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

58. “There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.” — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

59. “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.” — Roald Dahl, The Witches

60. “The same substance composes us — the tree overhead, the stone beneath us, the bird, the beast, the star — we are all one, all moving to the same end.” ― P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins

61. “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

62. “Love is holy because it is like grace – the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.” — Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

63. “Each time you happen to me all over again.” — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

64. “Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.” — Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

65. “How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

66. “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

67. “Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself.” — Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

68. “There is always something left to love.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

69. “The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

70. “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” — William Shakespeare, As You Like It

71. “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” ― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

72. “Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” — Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

73. “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” — William Goldman, The Princess Bride

74. “Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.” — Alice Walker, The Color Purple

75. “You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain’t no matter.” — Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

76. “Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.” — Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

77. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

78. “For you, a thousand times over.” — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

79. “Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.” — Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

80. “And may the odds be ever in your favor.” — Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

81. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.” ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

82. “All human wisdom is summed up in these two words – ‘Wait and hope.’” — Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

83. “Oh, the places you’ll go! You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.” — Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go

84. “The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.” — Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts

85. “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.” — Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

86. “If you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price.” — John Updike, Rabbit, Run

87. “We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

88. “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.” — Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

89. “What does the brain matter compared with the heart?” — Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

90. “We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” — William Shakespeare, The Tempest

91. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” — George Orwell, Animal Farm

92. “Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.” — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited

93. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

94. “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

95. “Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.” — Joseph Heller, Catch-22

96. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

97. “Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

98. “‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

99. “All we can know is that we know nothing. And that’s the height of human wisdom.” — Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

100. “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

 

Above article by  Melissa Flandreau (https://www.bookbub.com/blog/famous-book-quotes)

 

 

Accelerated Reader

All Year 7 and Year 8 Students MUST have at least ONE library book on them at all times.  You must read your AR library book for AT LEAST twenty minutes every night.  Please do not forget to write your completed book in your planner on page 20.  You must then complete your online book quiz within 24 hours of completing the book, then write your quiz result on page 19 of your planner!!!

 

 

ePlatform

Please do not forget that you can also use our reading app ePlatform to read lots of fabulous electronic and audio books!  For instructions on how to use ePlatform, please use the link below:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8064653522683152574/1799106046324446297

 

 

Well, that is the end of this month’s Library Newsletter!

 

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