📚We are delighted to be welcoming A.F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Chaos Trials, back to Merchiston for an event on 1st May with our juniors and guests from local schools ✨

We can't wait to hear more about bloodthirsty unicorns! 🦄📖👏

#authorevent #mgbooks #reading

🌟Congratulations to shortlisted authors and illustrators! Our Spawforth Shadowers are looking forward to reading these - choosing a winner will be tough✨📚 #yotocarnegies24 #ReadingInSchool

💕February is #LibraryLoversMonth and here in The Spawforth Library we are offering readers the chance to take a Blind Date with a Book 📖

💕All our mystery books come only with clues to their contents so that we can't judge them by the covers! 👇

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🕯 Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day #HMD2024 when we remember the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution and other victims of genocide.

This week we have been learning more about this through live interviews, discussion and literature.

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#DiscoverMerchiston

Merry Christmas readers, have a wonderful break 📚

📖 Last night our Middle Years were inspired, informed and entertained by best-selling and award-winning author Alan Bissett. Check out our Instagram post for pictures from a great evening 👏💬👍

#DiscoverMerchiston #DiscoverReading #AlanBissett

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✨📖On 13th November the winner of the prestigious #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2023 will announced - and we think the judges will have a tough choice! Staff and students can come and speak to Mrs Gibb for more information on the shortlisted authors and to borrow these great books✨📖👏

🎃 Happy Halloween readers! 🌟

In The Spawforth Library we are treading the hallowed halls and reading the most atmospheric dark academia inspired novels.

What's your go-to genre this sbooky season? 👻

#DiscoverMerchiston #rfp #darkacademia #schoollibrary #halloweenreads

The best things come in small packages - or at least in small classes! Our students benefit greatly from small class sizes and a high teacher-to-pupil ratio, enabling staff to deliver highly tailored lessons and individualised care.

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Does your son have his sights set on a Scholarship at Merchiston? 👀

📅 Save the date and join us for our Scholarship Day on November 2nd 📅

Stay tuned for more information!

More details on our Scholarship programme can be found on our website ➡️ow.ly/VezS50PPkC0

An incredibly exciting morning at Merchiston as we welcomed award-winning author and illustrator Cressida Cowell to the School! 🤩

Memorial Hall was packed with very excited pupils, ready to be transported into the magical world of dragons 🐉, wizards 🧙‍♀️ and adventures 🤠.

We were delighted that you could join us! ✨📖💫📚

✨ Today we had the most magical morning with a visit from Cressida Cowell !✨Our juniors and guests from Longstone, Oxgangs, St.George’s, Compass and Cargilfield primary schools were captivated and inspired by Cressida and had a chance to meet her afterward too💫📚

We have spectacular #bookmail !✨📖💚 Many thanks Georgina toppsta for our copy of A Bad God’s Guide to Ruling the World and for the bookmarks and posters ✨ We love Loki in The Spawforth Library! 🙌
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The Spawforth Library's top 5 most borrowed books this year featured;
=1. bows and arrows
=1. bloodthirsty unicorns
3. a dystopian prison
4. a late, great basketball hero
4. a hugely successful sports entrepreneur

See our Bookstagram for the answers!

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Today we are celebrating a brand new favourite novel by L. D. Lapinski - this heart-warming story of friendship and bravery is just wonderful, and a perfect read for #PrideMonth2023 Be sure to follow #ReadWithPride for more great books. Next up is Arden Library🐧 & RBHS_Library

Our favourite book won the Shadower's Choice award!
Well done Ruta Sepetys Updates and the other winners.
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Our Reading Passports are filling up and lots of 4th journey prizes have been collected today 👏🗺✈️📖

#readingcommunity #readinginschool #schoollibrary #readingincentive #rfp #summerreadingchallenge

🌞📚Our Reading Leadership Team selected some great titles for our Summer Book Fair from The Edinburgh Bookshop - sports biographies, graphic novels and science books have been particularly popular today 👏📖✨

📖 It’s new magazine day in the library! 👍 Here’s a quick snap of some of our favourites before they get snapped up by borrowers 📖🏃🏃🏃

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#schoollibrary #DiscoverReading #readingforpleasure