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BagBooks
Visit to West Dunbartonshire

Dalmuir and Alexandria libraries recently hosted Story-Go-Round with Bernard Tagliavini telling multi-sensory stories from the Bag Books range. In the afternoon, staff from all areas of educational services attended an inspirational training session. Bernard is a professional storyteller and also has extensive experience of children with severe and profound learning difficulties.

BagBooks Visit to West Dunbartonshre.

Founded in 1993, Bag Books is the only provider of multi-sensory stories for the UK’s 300,000 people with severe or profound intellectual difficulties and multiple physical disabilities. Bag Book’s aim is to include children, young people and adults with severe and profound special needs and children on the autistic spectrum, in the enjoyment, education and lifelong learning provided by literature; Story-Go-Round is an exciting new development towards this aim.

Click here to see the photos of the Bag Books visit to West Dunbartonshire.
Harris the Hare
P1 of St Michael's Primary School went to Dumbarton Library recently to see the launch of the new 'Harris the Hare' Library Cards.

Harris

Councillor May Smillie (Spokesperson for Educational Services) spoke to the children who were then entertained by the Young People's Library Services Team reading the stories of Catherine Rayner, who generously donated the design of the new Library Card. Catherine was the winner of the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

Click here to see a slideshow of the 'Harris the Hare' Event.
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Junior Book of the Month, Febrauary 2012
The Case of the London Dragonfish by Joan Lennon
The Case of the London Dragonfish

A witty, warm-hearted detective novel for set in Victorian times. Slightly Jones is a girl Sherlock Holmes, surrounded by a motley crew of lodgers under the watchful eye of Granny Tonic. Who isn't actually a Granny. The historical detail is spot on - the theft under detection is from the then recently built Natural History Museum in London - a brilliant setting.

Click here to search the library catalogue for The Case of the London Dragonfish
Young Adult Book of the Month, February 2012
The Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin
The Blackhope Enigma

"Soranzo is out for your blood, Fausto Corvo."

The candles in the astrologer's study flickered as he spoke, sending light dancing over a table covered with star charts and calculations.

"I know, Vito," said the man with the hooked nose and dark eyes. "You are the third friend to warn me."

"I fear for your safety, Fausto..."

Click here to search the library catalogue for The Blackhope Enigma
Scottish Book Trust

Scottish Book Trust Website

This is a great interactive site for anyone interested in books for young people of all ages and you can access it through Facebook!

It introduces a digital resource of first-class online content featuring the world’s best children's authors, focussing on live and exclusive web-broadcast events.

These authors range from the award winning Julia Donaldson’s ‘The Gruffalo’ for babies and children of all ages…

… to Cathy Forde’s ‘Fifteen Minute Bob’ the music novel for today's iPod generation.

If you’re interested in writing reviews, entering competitions, writing your own stories …anything in fact, to do with books – this is the place for YOU!
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Booked!

The Booked! Logo designed by Alasdair Gray
Designed by Alasdair Gray

Click here to see photos of the Children's events in the Booked! Festival.

Jodie and Amy, Winners, Children’s Book Quiz
Bookbug

Bookbug

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Crackin' Crits
Maggi Gibson, Barry Hutchinson and Allan Burnett

Barry Hutchinson

West Dunbartonshire Libraries exciting project, Crackin’ Crits returned this in October with fabulous children’s author and poet, Maggi Gibson, coming to Gavinburn Library to meet primary 6 pupils from Gavinburn primary school.

It continues with the fantastic nonfiction writer Allan Burnett and brilliant horror writer Barry Hutchison.

The project involves two sessions with an author in the school’s local Library. In the first session the class listen to the author talking about their craft and what it’s like to be a writer. The author then returns a week later after the children have read the author’s books and researched them on the internet. The children also spend time putting together a list of interview questions that they ask the authors. This is all filmed and made into a DVD for the schools. The children then write a short criticism of the project which will be put up on LibraryOnline.

Click here to see a slideshow of Maggi Gibson in Gavinburn Library.

Click here to see a slideshow of Barry Hutchinson in Dalmuir and Dumbarton Libraries.

Click here to see a slideshow of Allan Burnett in Duntocher and Balloch Libraries.

Click here to read the 'Crackin' Crits' written by the children.
Sir Jackie Stewart

Sir Jackie Stewart in Dumbarton Library


On the 3rd March 2010, Sir Jackie Stewart returned to Dumbarton to open the library's new Children's Section. Click on the link below to see a slideshow of this spectacular event.

Slideshow of Sir Jackie Stewart in Dumbarton Library
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