Wot? No Harry?

The five authors who have held the title "Children's Laureate" have recently chosen their favourite children's books of all time (seven each - giving a total list of 35 books) - and - guess what - not a Harry Potter, Narnia or Dark Materials amongst them!

Instead, Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen (the current Laureate) have each chosen, in the main, books they enjoyed reading when they were young. So given that they are all really old (even older than me!) you might not recognize too many of their choices. There are a few I've never heard of! But there are also some really good ones - including Treasure Island, Stuart Little, The Just So Stories, Sword in the Stone, and Anne Frank's Diary.

You can see the full list through this link:

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200000979

So, what's your favourite book of all time? Anyone fancy making a list up? By the way, I have to choose The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as mine - every time I look at those illustrations they take me back to being 9 years old!

~Tidy and ready to go!

Well, what can I say about the last couple of weeks? Obviously. it's been nice and quiet in the library, especially with the cancellation of the study lessons. We were interrupted by a visit from the local Fire Brigade earlier in the week - but I guess that's what happens when you let people make toast in the kitchens!
You might (if you look real hard) see some changes when you visit - the teenage and senior fiction sections have been moved around and re-labelled, as have the talking books. I got some good stuff done with the archives, and the issue desk has been tidied up a bit. See you all soon!