Science Workshops at Bracknell Library
Saturday 7th March 2020
Hands-on science sessions with stories, experiments and activities.
- Science story time for the under 5s, 10-10.45am. £1.50 per child. Stories + activities
- Science club taser session for 6-11 years, 11am-12 noon. £2 per child. Experiments to discover the fun side of science
Book your place at Bracknell Library.
Science Zone at Crowthorne and Sandhurst Libraries
Friday 6th to Saturday 15th March 2020
All week, both libraries will celebrate science, setting up a Science Zone for doing experiments, completing puzzles and taking part in the official British Science Week's poster competition. All free, no need to book.
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Potion-making, forbidden caves, magic tricks and lots of waving wands for the Harry Potter Book Night!
On the 5th February Bracknell Library was magically transformed into a branch of Hogwarts. Young wizards and witches demonstrated their bravery and knowledge at different activities and went off with a special Harry Potter certificate (plus goody bag!).
A big thank you to the staff who made it possible and to all the children, who participated with great enthusiasm throughout the event.
….more Harry Potter sessions to follow. Watch this space for further information.
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Mary Rosambeau, author of Secrets and Spies, will speak about her childhood during the war in The Moray Firth and how she based her children’s book on true events.
Crowthorne Library - Friday 28th February, 10.30am
Sandhurst Library - Monday 2nd March, 2pm.
All welcome. £1 per person
Please book your place at Sandhurst Library or Crowthorne Library
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Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
While riding the subway home with his Nana one day, Julian notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train carriage. When Julian gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies and making his own fabulous mermaid costume. But what will Nana think about the mess he makes - and even more importantly - what will she think about how Julian sees himself?
Reserve this picture book here
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One Of Us Is Next by Karen M McManus
Someone has started playing a game of truth or dare. But this is no ordinary truth or dare. This game is lethal. Choosing the truth may reveal your darkest secrets, accepting the dare could be dangerous, even deadly. The teenagers of Bayview must work together once again to find the culprit, before it's too late.
Reserve this young adult book here
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Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Mickey Fitzpatrick has been patrolling the 24th District for years. She knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She's become used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year. But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the touch, she has to pray it's not her sister, Kacey.
Reserve Long Bright River here
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An Almost Perfect Holiday by Lucy Diamond
The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna's cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are lined up beside the swimming pool, the sky is blue and a new set of arrivals are on their way. Em's planned the perfect break with her teenagers plus her new boyfriend, George, but now his difficult six-year-old is coming too. Will their romance survive the realities of parenthood? Maggie's hoping a seaside holiday will bring her and her daughter closer together, but when her ex makes a surprise reappearance, it changes everything. Can she trust the man who broke her heart?
Reserve An Almost Perfect Holiday here
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Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston
A unique mix of poetry and diary by the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter, the enigmatic Brian Bilston. This suburban murder mystery will appeal to fans of Adrian Mole and 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'
Reserve Diary of a Somebody here
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This Book Could Save Your Life by Graham Lawton
You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the right things - and not too much of the wrong things - isn't easy. But, as in most walks of life, knowledge is power. This book will empower you to eat healthily, lose weight, and sort the fads from science facts. Forget faddy diet books or gimmicky exercise programmes, this is what is scientifically proven to make you live longer and to be healthier and happier.
Reserve This Book Could Save Your Life here
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Evie in the Jungle by Matt Haig
A Truly Wild Adventure! Twelve-year-old Evie has a talent. She can HEAR what animals are thinking and she can TALK to them with her mind.
When Evie goes on a trip to the Amazon rainforest, her powers are put to the test. She makes friends with pink river dolphins, must save an injured sloth, and discovers the secret life of a jaguar. Soon she sees that the jungle is in serious and deadly danger, and comes up with a rather risky plan to help save it . . .
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The Great Clown Condundrum by Alexander McCall Smith
Roll up! Roll up! A new season is about to begin at the Shortbread family's circus! The big-top is ready and everyone is excited to get started. But as the shows begin chief clown Mr Birdcage is in a bit of a pickle - none of his hilarious props seem to be working!
Download the e-audio book using the RBdigital app.
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The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. The menfolk of Vardø are wiped out in an instant. Now the women must fend for themselves. Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of Vardø to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa who finds something she has never seen before: independent women.
Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials.
Download the ebook or e-audio book using the BorrowBox app.
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The Guest List by By Lucy Foley
On a remote island, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped.All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive . . .
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The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather
Winner of The Costa Book Award 2019
In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interred at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich. His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre - Auschwitz.
Download the ebook using the BorrowBox app
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Add an ebook or e-audio book to read at a later date
If you're an avid user of BorrowBox and RBdigital why not use their wish list services? Select the 'wish list' button next to the book in the RBdigital app, or tap and hold the book cover using the BorrowBox app and select 'Add to Reading list'. You can then check your wishlist by going to 'My Loans' in BorrowBox or select the RBdigital menu button.
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Inspire the next generation of coders
The children have been doing some amazing projects at our library code clubs www.codeclub.org.uk inspired by our wonderful volunteers. We would be very pleased to hear from anyone interested in teaming up with our existing volunteers to help run our new club at Whitegrove Library or our other code clubs at Great Hollands and Bracknell Libraries, or even help us expand to our other libraries.
Whitegrove Library's code club runs on Saturdays during the school term 9.30-10.30am.
We will support you along the way, you just need to spare one hour a week during term time to guide a small group of children through projects. You don’t need to be a coding genius, but we recommend that you work through the projects yourself so you can stay one step ahead of the children in your club.
Register your interest in volunteering with a library code club and find out more here
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