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Halloween Poetry – some scary verse

halloweenPic2The American Poetry Foundation, regular sources of inspiration for our library, has a great collection of poetry for Halloween assembeld here.

A range of styles, poets, cultural backgrounds and historical references – from Louise Gluck to Edgar Allan Poe and Christina Rosetti.

Could you read out aloud poetry about Goblin Markets or the Song of Witches, then take a quick click trip to this page at the Foundation and see some great Halloween poems, courtesy of Becca Klaver.

Happy Halloween, happy reading…

Summer Reading Challenge 2012

Can you read six books over the summer holidays?

The Summer Reading Challenge for 2012Your local libraries are running this great challenge for children aged 4 – 11 years over the summer of 2012 – watch out for Story Labs events during the summer months.

All you have to do is read six books over the holiday. Libraries taking part are linking their promotions to some great events and there are prizes too!

The trailer below tells you more…

You can see more about the Summer Reading Challenge on the web pages of The Reading Agency here.

There are 97% of the  libraries in the UK sharing the event – so there’s bound to be one near you and your family.

Happy summer reading…. 

Get a poetry App!

iPhonePoetryPicThere is a poetry app from The Poetry Foundation available for free on the AppStore.

If you want to read some great poetry on your mobile device, or to choose a specific poem to suit your mood or location then this is the app for you.

You can read poetry from Eliot, Neruda, Emily Dickinson and many others. You can use the app to search for your favourite poem by keyword or phrase too.

The US based Poetry Foundation web site is a great resource for poetry in the English language. See their home page here.

There is a debate that mobile technology will do away with the printed book. That children, wholly adapted to the e-world, will no longer value the bound and printed text. What do you think?

If you think the book is dying, use our contact us page to send us a message at the Marham Community Library.

We don’t think so, but we’d like to know what you feel about the matter?