Oswestry library offers you…
Advice and support on
What is the latest junior fiction
Which authors a child may like
How to get children reading
How to set up reading groups, including providing sets of books
Collections of
Books for children with dyslexia
Picture books for older children
First steps and follow on reading sets
Books about difficult situations e.g. visiting the doctor, bereavement
Parents and carers collection
Author events and literature festival
For children and adults
Class visits to the library
Come and have a fun session in the library
Summer Reading Challenge
A scheme to encourage children to read six books throughout the summer holidays
e-library resources
Pupils who are library members can freely access (using a pin no) useful online reference material e.g. encyclopedias, ‘Who’s Who’, daily newspapers online etc. from school or home
Local/family history experts
who offer help and advice on researching local/family history through bookable and drop-in 1:1 or group sessions
Books in dual languages
Available in your local library and from the Schools Library Service
Opportunities for older children to volunteer
e.g. Duke of Edinburgh awards and work experience
Homework club
Teacher supported homework club Mondays in term time 3.30-5.30pm
Weekly rhyme and story times for pre-school children
Regular holiday activities for older children
Books for you
Contemporary/classic fiction and non-fiction choices for adults
Free computer use for all ages
Free weekly 1:1Â IT help sessions
Work club
Fortnightly meetings helping people look for work.
Email:Â Oswestry.library@shropshire.gov.uk
http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library/oswestry-library/
