For Sherlock Holmes fans

Stanford University has produced an excellent Sherlock Holmes resource as part of their ongoing series on Victorian authors. It includes a biography of the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a discussion of Victorian times, and pictures of the era. Start here to explore the author, the times and the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. You can also check the library catalogue to see what is available in KGV.

Books to movies

After the "Books go to Hollywood" quiz on World Book Day, some of you might be interested in other book to movie transitions. This library dicusses several books which have been adapted to movies, and gives links to the official movie sites. To find out if KGV has the book or DVD of a title you like, check the library catalogue.

Guys Read!

Guys Read is a web site dedicated to books for boys. It was started by Jon Scieszka, who says "Boys often have to read books they don’t really like. They don’t get to choose what they want to read. And what they do like to read, people sometimes tell them is not really reading."

This web site picks books for guys, helps them find others and tries to find out what guys like. There are lots of links to author web sites which can tell you more about your favourite books.

ESF Orchestra and Choir

Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. is the performance you have all been waiting for! The ESF Orchestra and Choir will perform again at City Hall. Musical selections include Haydn's Symphony no. 100 (Military); Pirates of the Carribean; four jazz spirituals and the Harry Potter Suite. Good luck everyone with your final rehearsals tomorrow: we are looking forward to hearing and seeing the performance.

World Book Day revisited

World Book Day at KGV was a great success with everyone enjoying reading! The competitions were very popular, although "Guess who's reading" seemed quite tricky for most people. The answers are now on display, and can be seen on the library web site. Click here to see some photos from the day.

KGV Karnimal

Today is KGV Karnival day! From 12 noon until 5 pm you can enjoy many activities including sports competitions and demonstrations, delicious food from all over the world, cultural, dance and martial arts performances. Live music including rock bands, orchestras, jazz bands, drummers and several individual performers as well as an incredible international fashion show, juggling, stiltwalkers, a bouncy castle and a wide variety of games organized by the students. Don't forget the many stalls - including my personal favourite, the used books stall!

World Book Day Today!

Everyone is welcome to join our WBD events:
*"Guess Who?" - What did your teacher read when they were at school? What do they read to their children? Enter the competition and find out. It's on the library CLC, in the foyer, the library itself and on the screen in the foyer.
*Paddyfield Book Fair in the Library. Open all day TODAY from 10:30am to 4:00pm. Your teacher may take you during your lesson time. Don't forget to bring money with you. A book can be bought for HK$70.00 - HK$100.00
*When Books Go to Hollywood - after the launch at assembly...identify the quote from the book and the movie which followed. Prizes to be won.
*Your teachers will share a favourite book with you each lesson...what will it be?
*Battle of the Books party - All BOB teams and coaches, please come to the library to celebrate the World Book Day at 1:45p.m.
*TOMORROW in the Reading Centre - a WBD party for invited guests only.