Roseby Library

Library Update

It’s been a real joy to welcome students back to the Library space.  Although we are operating in bubbles, we are enjoying seeing our readers and researchers back and making use of the Library space. Each Year Group has been allocated one day per week to visit the Library, in order to borrow. We have many wonderful new books to share!

Two Old Favourites and One Newly Published Book for Children’s Enjoyment!

Roald Dahl’s Flying Solo is a wonderful read and the sequel to the better-known Boy. The story takes  the reader on a journey into Dahl’s service during World War 2, as a pilot on Africa, combining excitement and danger with humour.

Another Biography from the past is Gerald Durrell’s The Corfu Trilogy. It begins with My Family and Other Animals, which has been on television as a feast for the eyes recently. The novels are much funnier and focus on animals more than the people. This biography is highly recommended for animal lovers and lovers of humour especially.

While we have been in lockdown, I have discovered a new favourite author. Her name is Christelle Dabos, and she is French and has written new trilogy The Mirror Visitor. These books have been translated from the French, by Hildegarde Serle. The first is A Winter’s Promise. Long ago, this imaginary world was shattered into many floating celestial islands or Arks. Each of these “worlds” have a unique relationship with time. As a result, they have evolved very differently.  Ruling over all the Arks is one all-powerful ancestor. Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. She has the ability to read and communicate with the souls of objects, and has the power to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence is shattered when she is betrothed to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancée to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. In this new world of ice and storm, she must hide her identity. Unfortunately, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot. These are uniquely imagined and fast-paced novels.

Ms Bronwyn Curtis
Librarian