{"id":1542,"date":"2014-02-07T19:55:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T19:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2014-02-07T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T21:13:10","slug":"national-library-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2014\/02\/national-library-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"National Library Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140207-205456.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140207-205456.jpg\" alt=\"20140207-205456.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s National Library day tomorrow and I have blogged previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/bunsblanketsbears\/category\/public-library\/\">here<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/bunsblanketsbears\/2010\/09\/valuing-public-libraries\/\">here<\/a> exactly how important libraries are to me and my family.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of this year include:<\/p>\n<p>Rhyme time &#038; story events where the children show us how well behaved they can be, chat nicely to the library staff &#038; get the chance to sing, listen to stories, dance, do sticking, colouring, making and generally have fun.<\/p>\n<p>Reading the fantastic Fever Crumb &#038; Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeve. These were published a while ago so was nice the charge through the series over a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>Reading the dark but beautifully illustrated Tinder by Sally Gardner illustrated by David Roberts. This is a must have for my shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Downloading emagazines &#038; ebooks onto my iPad. I discovered this service at the start of our summer holiday which was perfect timing, it felt a real treat getting to browse through lots of glossy magazines that I normally feel guilty spending lots of money on.<\/p>\n<p>The summer reading challenge was a great success for Bryn again. This time he was reading the books himself. He really enjoyed browsing the early reader shelves &#038; fishing out new books to try, the Twisted Fairytale series was a huge hit.<\/p>\n<p>Owen appreciated the Dr Who display of books &#038; has rediscovered his fondness for Dr Who stories. We also borrowed &#8216;Dr Who: The Vault&#8217; a book full of photos &#038; information from the BBC archive which provided hours of entertainment for Bryn, Freya &#038; Owen discussing &#8216;goodies &#038; baddies&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing more inspiration from craft &#038; art books leading to some actually finished projects including my first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2014\/01\/holiday-comic\/\">holiday comic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to use the libraries weekly &#038; love the opportunities they provide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140207-205517.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140207-205517.jpg\" alt=\"20140207-205517.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s National Library day tomorrow and I have blogged previously here &#038; here exactly how important libraries are to me and my family. 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