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We were delighted to welcome A.F. Steadman to Merchiston on Wednesday. Ms Steadman is the best-selling author of the #Skandar series. The boys were so excited to talk to her and had lots of questions. Merchiston Library - Thank you to Ms Gibb for organising. #reading #inspiration

Every weekday this #PrideMonth, libraries celebrate the #LGBTQ young adult fiction that we #ReadWithPride. Share your favourites and follow our relay of UK schools recommending great queer stories! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚#Pride2024 First up: @LatymerUpper School Librarian Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing

@LatymerUpper School Librarian Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing This year's relay schools include: Beaumont Library The Mallison Library KEGSDuffieldLibrary Chancellor's Library Library at Alleyn's School Ibstock Place School Library Manchester High School for Girls @stourporthighschool Dulwich College Guildford County Sch Merchiston Library The Priory School Toynbee School GTS Library Morton LRC SPSLibrary @CharltonSch

✨Our Spawforth Shadowers have loved reading and discussing the shortlisted #YotoCarnegies24 books and #TheDoorOfNoReturn by Kwame Alexander in particular wowed our judges! ✨

✨This #PrideMonth The Reading Leadership Team Merchiston News have been reading the brilliant twisty mystery How to Die Famous by benjamin dean ✨ What are you reading The Priory School Toynbee School and GTS Library ? Let's #ReadWithPride 🌈

✨This book continues to wow our readers, Kwame in III form says 'this book made me laugh, be on the edge of my seat in suspense and it made me cry' 'I knew Kwame Alexander would represent Ghana well' 👏👍 Kwame Alexander The Carnegies

✨CONGRATULATIONS @JosephACoelho Otter-Barry Books Winner of the Medal for Writing in the #YotoCarnegies24 We LOVED this book! 👏✨

CONGRATULATIONS 👏✨📖 Tia Fisher (moving to Bluesky and Insta) @BonnierBooks_UK Hot Key Books ✨📚 #YotoCarnegies24 This book is spectacular!

🍃✨ WOW! ✨🍃 We cannot wait for this A.F. Steadman ! 👏

👋 Welcome to our new Prefects for 2024/25 👇 Our Prefect teams have a major role to play in terms of helping to run and manage aspects of the houses and departments, as well as helping to set the tone and ethos of the school through their day to day example.

🌲Today our Forest Juniors and friends invited from local schools were treated to a superb interactive storytime with @LouiseWannier and her book Tree Spirits🌳We've been inspired to use our imagination and look for creatures in the patterns and textures on the trees around us🐰

🦄The most requested book in recent times is here.. Skandar and the Skeleton Curse is out today & copies snapped up by our eager readers. Congratulations A.F. Steadman on another great book! #RfP #readinginschool #thebestbooks #skandar #mg #teenreads #schoollibrary #BookTwitter

🥇We are delighted to announce that Merchiston has become the first Independent School in Edinburgh to achieve Gold in the Scottish Book Trust 's Reading Schools Programme. 🥇 Find out more about the award here 👉 ow.ly/zcNb50UYAtG Merchiston Library

✨Congratulations to all longlisted authors and illustrators! 👏 These titles include book group choices and some of our most borrowed books in the Spawforth Library📚 #carnegies2025 #rfp #readingschools #readinginschool #bookawards

✨👏 Congratulations all shortlisted authors and illustrators - our Spawforth Shadowers are looking forward to reading, discussing and judging the books📖✨ #carnegies2025 #rfp #bookawards

📚We are incredibly proud of our brilliant team of expert readers who won the NE/E/SE Scotland regional heat of the National Literacy Trust National Reading Champions Quiz👏The boys will be heading to London in May to battle it out in the grand final🏆 #NRCQuiz2025 #rfp #readingschools

Great titles including some Spawforth Library favourites in UKLA 2025 awards shortlist 👏📚✨

Our fabulous Wellbeing Practitioner Mrs Mason knows the power of reading. For #ReadWithPride she recommends #WhatIfItsUs, a quirky romcom about facing up to past & future. Merchiston Library, what will you read tomorrow? ADAM Becky Albertalli Updates @simonkids_uk ReadWithPride Relay

It's our Reading Leaders' turn to #ReadWithPride !🌈 We love a great dystopian novel and The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold is one of the BEST we've read!✨Highly recommended✨ Next up: what will Armadale Academy Library and Edgbarrow School be reading tomorrow?