Carnegie Medal Shortlist Announced

The books shortlisted for this year's Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have just been announced:

Carnegie Shortlist (for older children)
Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Ruby Red by Linzi Glass
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
Apache by Tanya Landman
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine

Kate Greenaway Shortlist (for younger children)
Silly Billy by Anthony Browne
The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray
Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
Banana by Ed Vere

Winners will be announced on June 26th!

Check out the special display in the Library to see any of the shortlisted books and watch out for details of how you can take part in the HGS Shadowing Scheme, which is coming soon.

Fairy Tales

To celebrate the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, born 2nd April 1805, why not try re-reading some of his fairy tales like Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen which are all available in the Library.


Or try some modern re-tellings of other famous tales:


Happy Ever After by Adele Geras

The Tower Room: Based on Rapunzel - when Megan glimpses Simon from her tower room, their worlds are changed forever...

Watching the Roses: A modern version of Sleeping Beauty - an ill-wishing has been placed on Alice, and it seems to be coming true...

Pictures of the Night: A retelling of the Snow White fairytale - is Bella's stepmother really as wicked as she believes?


The Princess and the Pauper by Kate Brian

Princess Carina is psyched - she's going to LA without her parents. Even better, she will finally get to meet Ribbit, the hot lead singer of Toadmuffin. The trouble is, how is she going to get to meet him at his gig, when it's the same night as the Ambassador's reception in her honour?Cue, Julia. An ordinary girl at an LA High School. Her chance meeting with Princess Carina is the start of a crazy plot for the two girls to swap places for one extraordinary night.


Spindle's End by Robin McKinley

"Spindle's End" is a retelling of the fairy tale, "The Sleeping Beauty" - the curse placed on Rosie at her christening will hunt her down through the years...

Author Visit

We are very happy to announce that author Carmen Reid will be visiting us on Monday 31st March at lunchtime, to talk to our pupil book group Connections, about her writing.

Carmen has written five novels for adults and also writes columns, articles and short stories. She is currently working on her first novel for teenagers.

Find out more at http://www.carmenreid.com/

Food for Thought

Dr McCarthy's S2 form class wanted to raise awareness of Homeslessness in Scotland. For their charity effort they collected cans which could then be given to a charity which helps homeless people.

The house of cans currently on display in the Library will be disassembled and donated to a soup kitchen run by St. Silas Church in Glasgow.

New Manga Collection

The Library has recently started a Manga collection, with titles such as Bleach, Vampire Doll and Mega Tokyo now available for borrowing.
Thanks to everyone who has recommended titles so far - please contact the Library if you have any ideas on what we should buy.