eBooks now available in the Senior IRC
Students at Thomas Hassall now have access to digital books through the Overdrive student app Sora. The Sora app is available on Window and Mac computers, iPhone and iPad, a wide range of mobile and android devices as well as Google Chromebooks. Setting up an account is quick and easy, and there is a wide range of great books available for borrowing. ‘How to create an account’ handouts are available in the Library, and a detailed help guide that covers every aspect of the Sora app is available on the Library’s canvas page. For more information please speak to Library staff who will be happy to help.
Chaos in the Library’s space time continuum! – Term 1 Competition
Only four weeks remain in our Doctor Who competition. Five unknown prize-winning books are still out there waiting to be discovered. The next one you borrow could be one of them!
Help the Doctor! Help save the Senior Library! Mrs Comiskey and Mr Smith are relying on you!
Great prizes to be won for each student who borrows one of the five hidden books. For more information please speak to Mr Smith.
Help shape the future of a Library collection
Love Japanese Manga? Know of a great manga series that your friends would love? Would you like to help the Library increase its manga collection?
If you answered yes to all three questions then you are just the person the IRC is looking for.
Manga comics are the biggest hit in the Library in 2021, and now the Library needs your help to increase the collection!
Students will have to opportunity to browse and select manga titles for the Library collection.
Selection time will be at lunchtime on Wednesday 31st March. For more information please speak to Library Staff.
What’s new on the shelf?
‘The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ – Akira Himekawa
‘Travel to the world of Hyrule in this exciting action-packed manga series.’
“Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda! Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light. Link once trained in swordsmanship, hoping to protect the world of Hyrule. After a fateful meeting, he sought out the anonymity and peace of life in a small village. But danger and adventure always find heroes to set things right, and when the dark minions of the King of Shadows threaten his new home, Link answers the call!”
‘The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ is an exciting and thrilling Japanese graphic novel series written and illustrated by manga veterans A. Honda and S. Nagano under the pseudonym Akira Himekawa. Based on the famous video game, this series does a lot more than simply retell the original story, it greatly expands and adds to the source material, bringing to life this fascinating story and its wonderful characters in a way that the video game could not. Link the main protagonist is more than just a voiceless hero, he has real personality and a desire to do good that makes him a character all readers will cheer for. Each page is filled with beautifully drawn black and white illustrations, featuring incredible detail, each image seemingly jumps off the page. This series is perfect not only for fans of the video game but also for any manga and fantasy fiction fans. A wonderful series that will be loved by many. The Senior IRC currently has volumes one to four, with each new volume being purchased as it comes available.
Mrs Annette Comiskey & Mr Michael Smith
Senior IRC Library Team