Story Lab Treasure Hunt

Just a reminder that you still have a couple of days left to complete this year's Summer Reading Challenge and collect your Story Lab stickers.

All those who successfully complete the challenge will be eligible to take part in a Treasure Hunt, on Saturday 18th August at the Orkney Library in Kirkwall. You can take part anytime between 9.15am and 5pm, so come along and crack the code to collect your award.

If you can't make it along on Saturday but have successfully completed the challenge please let us know and we will arrange to get your award to you.

Holiday Reading

A week into the school holidays and the weather is proving to be as reliably unreliable as ever, yesterday we were swimming in the sea at Birsay, today we are shivering in a woolly sweater. But whatever the weather we have a book to suit.

If the sun shines we have paperback bestsellers to read lounging on the beach, gardening books to help you pick the perfect plant, and numerous guides to help you enjoy the outdoors. If rain stops play then we have books of indoor activities for all ages, guides to help you decide what to read next, and of course children can take part in our Story Lab reading challenge. We can even lend you a copy of The Met Office Book of the British Weather so you can console yourself with how much worse the weather could be! Visitors can also join the library and take out up to four books at a time, so bad weather is just an opportunity to find out more about Orkney's history or wildlife.

So no matter what the weather has in store for us this summer the library will help everyone have a happy holiday!

Story Lab - Summer Reading Challenge

Well that's the schools finished for the summer which means it's time to launch this year's Summer Reading Challenge!

Children can sign-up for free and receive their own 3D Story Lab model where they can keep track of their progress. Help the Story Lab characters find the three lost items, by collecting stickers for every two books read, you will  need to read a total of six books to find all three items and complete the challenge.

As well as the stickers to collect you can join in the fun on the Story Lab website, where you can create your own profile; take part in the competition to win a lap-top computer by finishing a story started by top authors Jacqueline Wilson and Andy Stanton; use the Book Sorter to help you decide which book to read next; share book reviews and recommendations with other readers; and meet the Story Lab characters and find out more about their adventures.

To find out more about the Story Lab Challenge and the characters, take a look at the Story Lab trailer