50 Library Lessons and Ideas is packed full of fun, creative and engaging activities and ideas for school librarians and teachers to use with their students to help encourage reading for pleasure.Organised into two sections, the first provides practical advice on library events and concepts such as running a high school book club, getting boys to read, starting your own book award and helping children to read aloud. The second section has a range of inspiring and inexpensi...

They had nothing but each other...Casey, Feeker and Arlo are stifling. Stifled by the heat of the summer, stifled by their difficult families, and stifled by their small, isolated hometown where nothing ever happens. Until a kid is murdered - in a house deep in the Nova Scotian woods.Desperate for an adventure, the boys set off on a hunt to find the murder house. But danger lurks in the wild woods, from coyotes to lurking poachers. And far away from the rusted town, somet...

Elias’s brain is a swamp of fears and bad things. His once-loving brother Bo has become a stranger, and his parents are at breaking point. When Bo falls in with dangerous people, Elias decides he’s the only one who can bring his family back together. But what begins as a simple pizza-night plan quickly spirals into chaos.This stunning debut novel from MBE award winning librarian Lucas Maxwell, inspired by the author’s childhood, explores themes of family addiction ...

Become the ultimate Game Master and deliver tabletop role-playing games with confidence!For librarians, teachers, school staff and parents who want to run a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) but don’t know where to begin, this practical guide includes five tabletop role-playing adventures written so that a first-time Game Master can jump straight in and start playing. Alongside the adventures the book includes:a comprehensive TTRPG glossaryexamples of safet...

Master all the skills you need to deliver a tabletop role-playing game programme in the library!For librarians or teachers who aren’t players themselves, the scope of role-playing games can seem overwhelming. Starting from the basics, Let’s Roll is a practical guide to delivering a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) programme in a school or public library, all within the time constraints imposed on library sessions. Coverage includes:A step-by-step guide to s...

Learn how to set up a student-led podcast in your library, involve staff from several subject areas, market effectively, what challenges you are likely to face, and how podcasting will benefit the students and school overall.Podcasting from the library is a growing movement. Podcasting with Youth teaches librarians and educators how to set up, develop, market, and deliver a successful youth-led podcast from their library.Putting youth in control wh...