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Record Breakers Summer Reading Challenge
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This years Summer Reading Challenge theme is Record Breakers. Children will be challenged to read at least six books during the summer. All children who take part will be given a collectors folder full of weird and wonderful record breaking facts to record their summer reading. For each book they read they will add stickers to complete their folder - some are very smelly!
Those who complete the challenge will be rewarded with a certificate and a medal at special presentation ceremonies in September. Guinness World Records inspires and celebrates personal bests, so what better way to challenge yourself than to get involved with Record Breakers this summer. If you're looking for some great book suggestions, then why not visit the new-look Book Sorter.
Entry is free and all children who sign up will receive a log book.
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Review of Library Service
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Thank you to all those who responded to the initial stakeholder consultation in May. We have noted the consultation response and are now preparing detailed options for discussions with Councillors and for further public consultation in due course. We anticipate this will take place later in the year, rather than over the summer as previously advised. We are keen to continue to engage with stakeholders and if any groups would like to discuss
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ImagiNation Arts and Reading Challenge
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ImagiNation is a reading and arts activity for 11-18 year olds running across the East. The aim of ImagiNation is to enjoy reading over the summer and then get creative! You'll get a log when you join, with activities to choose from to help you express your ideas about what you have read, or record how a book made you feel. You don't have to be good at drawing and you don't have to write lots if you don't want: instead you could paint a picture, take a photo, write a poem, use music, anything creative that sparks your imagination.
You will also get the chance to be part of a collaborative artwork being made in a library near you, and to share your art and ideas with other young people here on this blog. To join, simply visit your local library this summer and ask about ImagiNation!
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Cambridge Library Enterprise Centre
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New eMagazines app
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 Zinio brings you Zinio for Libraries, a special edition app for reading eMagazines from your local library.
Check out magazines through the website, login using your library account, then download them onto your device to read anytime, online or offline.
Download the app for Android or Apple now.
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Scam Awareness - Don't be rushed, Don't be hushed!
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Every year millions of people are scammed. In one year the total loss from scams is £5 billion! Help us tackle scams during July - Scams Awareness Month. Report scams or get advice. Contact the Citizens Advice Consumer helpline on 03454 040506 or come and see us in Central Library, where we will have a stall on 15 July (between 1pm and 4pm).
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Join us at the Rock Road Summer Art Club
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Book illustrators Nicola Killen and Marion Lindsay will run four fun filled art club events at Rock Road in August, for children aged 6 -10 years. The four sessions covering drawing, collage, printmaking and working in 3D. Tickets are available at Rock Road Library. |
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The Home Front
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This summer, a range of events and activities will be taking place across the county to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Home Front: Cambridgeshire Commemorates the End of WWII is an online programme of community events taking place between now and September 2015. This programme marks an opportunity for Cambridgeshire residents to come together to remember the wartime effort, celebrate the peace in 1945 and learn and reminisce about the unforgettable forties era. Get involved and help to recreate some of the mood and spirit of the summer of 1945 in Cambridgeshire in 2015.
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Help shape local health services
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Find out about and give your views on the challenges local health services are facing at one of five Saturday cafes this summer. Drop in and help yourself to tea, coffee and light refreshments, chat with members of the local NHS System Transformation Programme team, leaf your thoughts on the View Tree and complete a feedback form.
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From Monday 20 July to Sunday 2 August 2015, come and enjoy OuseFest, a whole fortnight of events celebrating the Ouse Washes Landscape and Communities! Theres plenty happening at a variety of venues right on our doorsteps. Its a perfect opportunity to learn more about the history of the fascinating Ouse Washes Landscape and surrounding area, local wildlife and habitats and traditional Fenland life. You can even meet local author Victor Watson at Ely Library.
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Forthcoming events and activities
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