Animal Agents

This summer there's something strange happening at the library – and that's where the Animal Agents come in!

The Animal Agents love solving mysteries and they need YOU to help them crack their biggest case yet.

Who has painted graffiti on … read more

30 May 2017

The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize

The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize celebrates the best books that are all about SCIENCE

Featuring everything from poems about amazing animals, to incredible facts about the human body and cool experiments you can try at home, these boo… read more

30 May 2017

BBC 500 Words: *The Fab 50*

Earlier this year, thousands of you worked your creative writing magic to tell short stories for the BBC 500 Words competition

Ahead of the ~ grand final ~ at the Tower of London, the top 50 stories have been revealed…

You can find the sho… read more

17 May 2017

What are you reading this Easter?

The Easter break has arrived – YAY!

We've been busy planning our chocolate egg hunt – and this year's Summer Reading Challenge of course! – but we'll always make time to get stuck into a good book

You can use your Summer Reading Challenge pr… read more

7 April 2017

Books to get you giggling

Every year on April the 1st, mischief makers unleash their best pranks for April Fools Day and have a good old giggle!

We love a book that can make us laugh too – why not check out the Book Sorter to find some top reads that will have you in st… read more

28 March 2017

Will you be a winner?

Have you entered our latest competitions yet?
Don't miss out on your chance to win some brilliant prizes!

Thunderstruck is the brand new book from one of our fave authors, Ali Sparkes

After ten-year-old Theo and Alisha are struck by l… read more

14 March 2017