Best-selling writer @dougjohnstone.bsky.social has shared his 10 must-read books with us📚
From crime novels to science fiction, to the horrifying and the outrageously funny, check out Doug’s picks👇
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New Book Discovery Guide available!
Flick through our latest guide and find over 40 recommendations for different ages and stages in the classroom.
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What would you rather be reading right now?🤔📚
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It’s British Science Week!🧪🔬
Check out our book list for your science classroom. Perfect recommendations for pupils who enjoy science, or as the basis of a cross-curricular learning project 👇
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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Reading Champion Awards 2026! 🏆️📚️
The winners each receive a prize of £250 worth of books from Browns Books, as well as the chance to showcase their work.
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Happy World Book Day! 📚🎉
How are you celebrating today? Let us know in the comments below👇
World Book Day is bigger and better than ever this year, as it’s the National Year of Reading 2026!
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Children's author Maise Chan sits in a small green armchair smiling, on the set of Authors Live.
Today's Authors Live with Maise Chan at BBC Scotland, hosted by Zara Janjua, was brilliant!
Thank you to all of the schools who attended. It will be available on demand very soon.
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Big fun was had today singing, rhyming, enjoying cuddles and reading a funny storybook at our Sea Creature themed Bookbug Session today! Thank you to everyone who came along. Can’t wait for next time!
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A library signpost mural that points to different fictional destinations.
A painted bookcase where pupils have painted the spines with their book recommendations, both modern and classic.
A book tree with book covers growing out of the branches.
More book shelf recommendations.
Our Reading Schools group have been working hard, with the art department, to paint our recommendations on our library mural tree and book shelf! Can you spot a favourite? There's lots of room for more suggestions. What do you think we should add? #ScottishBookTrust #ReadingSchools
Celebrate Reading Schools Week with us. Today's focus is "Ask me what I'm reading!". #readingschoolsweek #scottishbooktrust
Our Reading Schools group have come together to give us some great winter reading suggestions. Check out their poster for this month! What could our theme be for February? #ReadingSchools #ScottishBookTrust #WinterReading
Our Reading Schools group have come together to give us some great winter reading suggestions. Check out their poster for this month! What could our theme be for February? #ReadingSchools #ScottishBookTrust #WinterReading'
📚 💙 Thank you to the Scottish Book Trust for donating so many wonderful books for our children to keep and enjoy. Fantastic titles and authors- our second year in a row, and we’re very grateful! #ScottishBookTrust 💙📚
Primary 3 grown-ups also came into Calderwood for the launch of the P3 ‘Read, Write and Count’ bags launch! Lots of amazing resources to support learning at home! 📖📝🔢 #BookWeekScotland #ScottishBookTrust
Our P1s invited their grown ups in for a literacy ‘Stay, Play and Learn’ on Friday! They showed off their skills in how they ‘Say, Make/Break, Blend, Read and Write’. They also loved their Scottish Book Trust ‘Book Bug’ bags with lots of goodies inside 📖 ✏️! #ScottishBookTrust #BookWeekScotland
We celebrated Book Week Scotland by watching an authors live with Tom Percival. We learned to illustrate emotions using different facial features by drawing along. We plan to use our new skills to identify feelings during our Emotion Works lessons.
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Choosing new stories from our book swap then writing our names to stick on our new books then sharing the stories with our friends 📖More ways to celebrate Book Week Scotland #ScottishBookTrust
Thank you to everyone that came to visit room5 for our book gifting event. Please take time to look through this fabulous resource. We'd love to see any photos of you enjoying it at home #readwritecount #scottishbooktrust #readingforenjoyment
Story time at St Francis Xavier’s ELC for Book Week Scotland 📖Some children listened to our story of the week Pirates Love Underpants, voted by the children! We had parents reading stories.Some stories were in Polish 🇵🇱.We even had children sharing favourite stories from home! #ScottishBookTrust
What a busy day with visitors at St Francis Xavier’s ELC📖We had a special story in Spanish 🇪🇸 from a family member and a visit from local author Carrie Taylor who read her book My Little Brother Is So Annoying! Thank you so much for reading to us on Book Week Scotland #ScottishBookTrust
Who said what? We worked in pairs to write statements that could have been said by characters in our class novel. We then took part in musical shares, meeting up with another pair and trying to work out ‘Who said what?’ #literacy #classnovel #comprehension
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Reading Schools Showcase event this morning. Well done to our Leadership Group members who confidently shared our journey to Reading Schools status. #scottishbooktrust #readingforpleasure
As it’s Bookbug week we thought we would share some of our favourite bedtime stories. How many have you read?
Remember to join us on Wednesday at 2:15pm or Friday at 9:15am for a very exciting Bookbug session!
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With our new besties from the Reading Schools team at the @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social
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Just published a book? 🎉 The Scottish Book Trust offers practical advice! Register for PLR and consider joining the Live Literature Directory. #PublishedAuthor #BookPromotion #WritingCommunity #ScottishBookTrust #Authors #NewRelease #BookMarketing zurl.co/DY7AT
📣 Join us for our online Reading Schools shared practice for insights into research and how to inspire reading motivation in adolescence #readingschools #edusky #booksky #scottishbooktrust #readingforpleasure
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#ScottishBookTrust are running a Januread reading challenge to help kickstart your reading for 2025. If you’re interested in joining in you can sign up here: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
Nov Book of the Month! For a chance to win one of five free copies of Pandora and the Story Forge (plus a dog keyring!), go to: www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-of-the-.... Many thanks to Bookbug/Scottish Book Trust. ❤️
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