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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

May 11, 2021 by Dani Wolfegang-James Leave a Comment

Header image, text reads "Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 / NATURE". Images of cartoonish flowers, leaves, a butterfly and a rabbit.

This year, Mental Health Awareness Week (May 10th - May 16th) is all about the benefits which spending time in Nature has upon our mental health. SGS LRC has therefore put together a highlighted collection of selected books which can help support your mental health, as well as to inspire you to get out in nature! For further tips and ideas on how to make the most of nature all … [Read more...]

SGS LRC Bookflix – May 2021

May 7, 2021 by Dani Wolfegang-James Leave a Comment

Header image, red and white text on a black background. Text reads "May 2021 Bookflix SGS LRC". A branch with pink blossoms is in the upper left corner. In the centre middle is a pile of books with a red and green apple on top.

May is a merry old month, isn't it? The last month of spring (and presumably, having found its seasonal stride throughout March and April, the springiest); the weather (theoretically...) is getting warmer and brighter as we amble closer to summer; and the word itself is really rather nice, isn't it? May. M-A-Y. Conveniently short to write, unlike the far more cumbersome … [Read more...]

World Book Night 2021 – Books To Make You Smile :)

April 23, 2021 by Dani Wolfegang-James Leave a Comment

Header image. Text reads, "World Book Night / Friday 23rd April 2021 / Books To Make You Smile". Background is dark blue. The World Book Night logo is in the upper right corner. Along the bottom are three sketch-cartoon smiley faces with slightly different expressions.

  The evening of April 23rd, 2021, is World Book Night! This year, the World Book Night organisers have chosen the theme “Books To Make You Smile”, which is about, unsurprisingly, books which make you smile! Given the events of the past year, we think that this theme is a very good one - and highly necessary! What better escapism than a good book that makes you grin, after … [Read more...]

SGS LRC Bookflix – March 2021

March 12, 2021 by Dani Wolfegang-James Leave a Comment

March? March!? Of 2021?! Are you quite certain?? Remarkably, we are indeed well on our way into the Spring of 2021. The Second Lockdown has ended and college has reopened. The weather is looking up (mostly), flowers are starting to bloom, there are probably lambs leaping around in fields, somewhere… As gloomy as this past year may have been for a great many of us, there really … [Read more...]

Middle Grade Books That Adults Love!

December 17, 2020 by Dani Wolfegang-James Leave a Comment

Purple background, scattered with orange and purple-ish grey circles. Handwriting font in white reads "Middle Grade Books That Adults Love"

Who says middle grade books are just for children? SGS LRC certainly doesn't! Take a look at our Middle Grade highlights -- and come borrow them for yourself!  Middle Grade Books That Adults Love! Malamander, Thomas TaylorWhen Life Gives You Mangoes, Kereen GettenThe School For Good and Evil, Soman ChainaniThe Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James, Ashley Herring BlakeNevermoor: The … [Read more...]

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