Disappear into Wonderland

Mrs. Russell (our Depute Head) is a big fan of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, but she isn't the only one. Alice's adventures remains one of the most popular children's books of all time - it has never been out of print for more than 150 years! 

If you haven't read the book or seen one of the many movies, tv adaptations, plays (it was the Cbeebies Show recently) over the years you have probably still heard about it as part of pop culture. The story itself seems simple - Alice finds herself in a curious place called Wonderland one afternoon when she chases a rabbit down a hole. 

It's not just children who love the story. Lots of Adults find that as they age the book reveals more to them, including being used in neuroscience to reveal more about the brain. The V&A was due to hold an exhibition this year about it (it's been postponed due to the current situation but the BBC Secrets of the Museum has behind the scenes on the real Alice) and the British Library has an online collection of articles and artefacts you can browse through at home to learn more about this classic tale.

The original story was illustrated by John Tenniel but as it has been republished over the years, others have tried their hand at illustrating the work including Salvador Dali, Chris Riddell and Helen Oxenbury (the BBC Beauty of Books episode 3 talks about this in more detail).

Even if you have read Alice in Wonderland it's a book that a re-read can reveal more to the reader.

You can read it for free Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Or if you fancy a challenge why not try to Escape from Wonderland yourself in this escape room.

Book Riot has recommended 20 other classics you can read for free.

Mental Wellbeing Resources

If you need some Mental Health Support related to the COVID19 situation specifically try:

Mind - Coronavirus and your mental wellbeing

Mental Health Foundation - How to look after your mental health during the Coronavirus Outbreak.

JYHS Library stocks a range of mental wellbeing books - look for an apple on the top of the spine in the Mental Shelf section or just ask Mrs.Wilson to point you in the right direction. The books offer support not just for those suffering with poor mental health but also for those trying to support them.
Included in the collection is the excellent - 'I had a Black Dog' by Matthew Johnstone which deals with depression.

There are also a range of resources you can access online:

Mood Gym - free online course to help you identify the issues and overcome them.

The Mix - information and support for anyone on mental health.

BBC Advice - information and suggestions for support for good mental health.

Stress and Anxiety in Teenagers - NHS tool to help you deal with stress and anxiety

Living Life to the Full - helping you to help yourself deal with depression, stress and anxiety

Breathing Space - support for anyone is Scotland feeling low, anxious or depressed.

Action on Depression - Scotland's national charity for depression

Winston's Wish - offer support for children and young people dealing with bereavement

BEAT - beating eating disorders

For parents or staff - MindEd offers a free resource to help give you confidence in supporting and identifying young people struggling with mental ill health. Pooky Knightsmith's blog also has some things to help staff.

For those looking to change the perception of mental health or change the way you were treated:
See Me Scotland - campaign to end mental health discrimination
Young Minds - The voice for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing

Mrs. Richardson's Philosophy Links

For those doing research for Higher Philosophy these 'gateways' are a good place to start looking for high quality information on the web.

www.philosophypages.com 
a general website on western philosophical tradition

www.epistemelinks.com 
includes over 16,500 categorised links to philosophy resources on the Internet.

vos.ucsb.edu 
links to humanities and humanities-related resources on the internet.


Mrs.Wilson talked about better web searching and shared advice from Harvard on how to make Google work better for you. You can read that again or see more information on their website.

If you want to do more about improving your research skills Education Scotland has a short Information and Critical Literacy course that takes you through the steps involved to locate, evaluate and effectively use information.

If you are concerned about plagiarism and how you can avoid it The University of British Columbia guide on plagiarism is a really useful tool.

If you want any help or advice don't forget you can always come and speak to Mrs.Wilson in the library to get help.

My Story: The Diary of Anne Frank

What is it about?
 Anne Frank is about a girl in the Second World War who writes a diary. It explains what life was like being Jewish in the war. They are hiding out in an attic somewhere in Germany so they don’t get killed. The Jews were so badly treated back in the 1940’s as they were put in concentration camps and were forced to work. Hitler did this purely because he didn’t like the Jewish faith.

Why you should read this book?
Everyone should read it because it’s good if you want to learn about the war and conditions in the war. It also shows how brave people were and how they wouldn’t let Hitler kill them.

By Meerlin

A girl and her family hiding away from the Nazis in an attic. She keeps all her thoughts in her diary. She lives with several families. In the attic there are relationships formed. They get a lot of help from a girl called Miep Gies she brings them there food and she tells them about the news and what is happening in the real world. This book is set in World War 2. 

The book is a copy of the real Anne Frank's diary. People should read it because its the truth and it reminds us of how bad Hitler treated the Jews and it reminds us of how we should treat people now! 

by Z girl

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

I have been reading a book called 'A Child Called It' this book is by Dave Pelzer. It is about a boy that gets abused by his mum, he only gets fed when his brothers leave leftovers, he steals food from his classmates but when his mum finds this out she abuses him more than before. In the end of this book he gets away but there are more books that follow. I would recommend this book because it was good to read and sad. by Amzoooo”<3!

Being Keith By Keith Lemon

Being Keith is about how he became famous and his journey on his very, very, very brilliant world tour. It also covers what celebrity juice is like and Lemon la Vida a loca. Everyone should read it because it is entertaining and interesting and keeps you occupied.

by Mrs Laughs ha

Transgender Reads

This year's LGBT Display has a Transgender focus:
 

Transgender True Stories:
Transition: The Story of How I became a Man by Chaz Bono
Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity by Tracie O'Keefe

Transgender Teen Fiction:
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger
I am J by Chris Beam
The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities edited by David Levithan and Billy Merrell

Transgender Non-Fiction:
My New Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein
QUEER: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke

Transgender Non-Ficiton for Staff:
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
Helping Your Transgender Teen by Irwon Krieger
Gender Born, Gender Made by Diane Ehrensaft
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper.

Other new LGBT books in the library:
It Gets Better by Dan Savage and Terry Miller (Health section)
Sprout by Dale Peck (Teen Fiction)
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (Teen Fiction)
My Side of the Story by Will Davis (Adult Fiction)
Becoming Nancy by Terry Ronald (Adult Fiction)

Heartland: From this Day On by Lauren Brooke

Heartland is a horse farm set in the hills of Virginia. Heartland is a place like no other – a place where the scars of the past can be healed, a place where frightened and abused horses go to learn to trust again. Everyone should read this book because if you are a horse person with a frightened horse it gives you a few tips on how to heal them.

by Sapphire

Michael Mcintyre - Life And Laughing

Title: Michael Mcintyre Life And Laughing
Author: Michael McIntyre

What is it about? Micheal McIntyre's Life and Laughing is a book on Michael’s life, he describes his up bringing in great detail and talks alot about his flat in hampstead. He also talks a bit about his career in comedy, he has his own comedy roadshow on BBC 1 which he says he loves doing as it is great fun meeting different people in different cities.

Why should everyone read it? Everyone should read this book as it is the funniest book I have ever read! He is hysterical in a book as well as on t.v, its a great book as well if you want to learn a bit about his up bringing in the London area or how to get going in the world of comedy as he tells about how he made it.

by Golfer123

Man Fail by Marion Appleby

Marion Appleby's Man Fail: Stupid Thing Men Do is about stupid but funny things that men have done such as shooting themselves in the head with a nail gun or queing up to rob a petrol station.

Everyone should read it beacuse it's funny.

by Johnny’s mum

World Aids Day

Kung Fu Trip by Benjamin Zephaniah

A young man looking to be a kung fu champion! He Takes a trip to China to fulfil his destiny he meets a lot of strange people on the way but will he be able to live and get to Shalion Temple?

Everyone should read Kung Fu Trip because it is like a diary he writes but it is explaining his whole journey.

By Muffin boys.

How pretty do the shelves look?

I've added a pile of new stock to the Adult Fiction - so much I've had to switch out some of the display shelves!

I've also created a 'Adult' Graphic Novel section which includes titles like Watchmen by Alan Moore and Older Teen Manga.

Reference has also seen some changes - I've reduced the collection but I've added Ripley's Belive it or Not, Guinness Book of World Records 2012 and 2012 Top 10.

Also now found in reference are the Issues series. They now sit next to Essential Articles (which are in the pretty coloured folders on the bottom shelf)  which will hopefully make finding resources for a discursive eassy easier!

I've also added new stock to the upper library non-fiction collection. Keep an eye out for -

Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics by Alex Bellos

Special Forces War on Terror: True Stories of the Deadliest Missions Behind Enemy Lines in Afghanistan and Iraq by Nigel Cawthorne

Flags of Our Fathers; Heroes of Iwo Jima by James Bradley and Ron Powers

Life and Laughing: My Story by Michael McIntyre

Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls

Catch Me Before I Fall by Rosie Childs and Diane Taylor

Michael McIntyre - Life and Laughing

Michael McIntyre: Life and Laughing is about his life story from when he was born until today he talks about his teen years a lot and about how he gets his funny accent. He also talks about his 2 young children and how they don’t go to sleep!

If you want a funny, interesting book to read this is the one for you.

by Anon

My Secret Diary by Jacqueline Wilson

This book is about Jacqueline Wilson during her childhood. It goes up in chapters like one will be about her childhood the next one would be about her and her parents and another one would be about her friends at school, it also goes up to chapter 13.

I think that people should read this book because it is good and also its good to know about an authors life.

by Miss Dragon fruit.

Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman & Danny Wallace

This book is about two friends who make a drunken bet to try and find 54 Dave Gormans. People who like a good joke now and then should read this book because this book is generally funny. If not then it’s all shouting and disagreement. Overall a book for the average man. by Chewin 14

Boy by Roald Dahl

I am half way through reading the book “Boy”. So far it is really good and very interesting. It is about Roald Dahl when he was a kid and some of his greatest memories like going to Norway and the local sweet shop. I would definitely recommend this book as it is really enjoyable and hard to put down and probably the best book I have ever read!

By penguin

Zoya’s Story by John Follain and Rita Cristofari.

This book is about a girl called Zoya who lives in Afganistan. She lives with her Gran and its around the time Russia started a war with Afganistan and her Gran tells her all the bad things about the Russian’s and tells her to stay away from then. It also has a few sad bits.

I think this book is really intresting and very good to read, when you start reading it you wont want to stop. It’s one of the first books I have ever read, as I usually give up with books but this one was really intresting.

by Miss O.

The Guinness Book Of World Records

Published by The Guinness Book Of World Records (the company) this non ficton book is about crazy talented people that make the impossible possible.

I think this book is very well organised and very exciting and a bit disgusting. Animals take part but they are not just ordinary pets, they are animals we have never seen before. Some people find the smallest and the largest of the animals’ kind.
This book has alot of information and has cool pictures of crazy people who brake the world records. !!!

GET IT NOW !!!

BY By

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose

The book is about paratroopers that are trained to go to war in WWII. The troopers have to move from different camps for specific training and the sergeant was moved down a rank and then were put into war and became one of the best paratrooper squads ever.

People should read it because it is good history and a interesting book to read.

by WEE JIMMY LOL