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Books to Movies These days, studios are increasingly looking to turn popular young adult books into movies. Do fans rush to the cinema or stay at home and tightly clutch their books? There are literally  over a hundred books being adapted to movies  at any given moment, so of course, there are also plenty of young adult books. If you want to read the next Hunger Games before it becomes the next Hunger Games or want to try a book of a film that you have seen go online and see what is coming out next. Already done this?  Know any good books that have turned into films recently?  If so, please let us know by submitting to our Blog.

LRC Reading Challenge Your task is to read as many of the books on the “challenge list” which can be found in the LRC. This list comprises of: ·        A book recommended by a friend ·        An award winning book ·        A fantasy book ·        A collection of short stories ·        A book with a person’s name in the title ·        A book published in 2017 ·        A book set during a conflict ·        A book that has become a film ·        A 20 th Century book ·        A book set in another country ·        A science fiction book ·        A book with a blue book cover Each book must be issued from our school Library and the Librarian will initial and date each challenge once you have read each book. You get a point per book and these are added up towards two winners; Individual and House. Once the whole form is completed, please hand it to your Librarian. Every book earns 1 point so get reading! Closing date: Friday 24th Novemb

Book VS Movie After watching a movie, we often hear the phrase “The book was so much better!” But is that always true? This article looks at three books that have been adapted into movies and compares which was better! 1.   The Harry Potter series: Yes, the Harry Potter series is more than one book but if I compared them all individually this article would go on way too long! Since JK Rowling released the first book in 1997, the seven-book series has sold over 450 million copies, it has also had a big impact on the number of young people who read for fun. A study by a market research firm in 2006 showed that 51% of kids, who were ages 5 to 17, said that they never read books for fun before the Harry Potter series; 75% of children stated that the series had encouraged them to start reading other books. So, let’s take a look at the movies. One of the most controversial differences between the books and movies is the role of some of the characters (secondary a

The Top Ten Books every Child should Read   ·        Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling ·        Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl ·        Alice in wonderland – Lewis Carroll ·        The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C S Lewis ·        Winnie the Pooh – A A Milne ·        Wonder – R J Palacio ·        Great Expectations – Charles Dickens ·        Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman ·        The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson-Burnett ·        The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank ·        Black Beauty – Anna Sewell ·        James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl ·        Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte ·        Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain ·        The BFG – Roald Dahl ·        Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson ·        Matilda – Roald Dahl ·        The Railway Children – E Nesbit ·        Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens ·        Fi