There’s something comforting about curling up with a good book and letting the hours drift by as you turn through the pages immersing yourself in whatever story unfolds. We don’t always get the time to sit down for even 5 minutes, never mind get a book out, so with summer holidays calling now is the time to pull out the old favourites or visit Kendal Library to find your new summer reads.
If you haven’t visited Kendal Library for a while then now is the perfect opportunity. Apart from the usual sort of thing you would expect from a library; borrowing books, DVDs and CDs, they also organise a number of weekly and special events.
Monday 7th August – Sign-along-a story
An introduction to sign language through animal stories for kids aged 2-6 years.
Monday 21st August – Rucksack of rhymes
Three Bears and a Teddy Bear’s Picnic with songs, toys and crafts. Children aged 6 months – 4 years.
Wednesday 13th September – Ann Cleeves visit
Best selling crime writer talks about her new book.
Various book clubs
Afternoons, evenings and Saturday lunch times.
Although the introduction of ebooks initially proved a popular alternative, the trend in the last few years has seen a steady comeback for the good old fashioned printed book. With endless sunny days to fill on your holiday there is no better way to spend your free time than with a good book and turning off from the world for a bit.
Five random facts about books
- Reading about yawning makes you yawn
- In India people spend more time reading each week than any other country, clocking on average 10 hours 42 minutes
- The term ‘bookworm’ comes from the tiny insects that can feed on the book binding
- Part of the M6 toll road is built from copies of old Mills and Boon books
- Around 150,000 new books are published in the UK each year
With so many books out there to choose from we have done a bit of digging to see what some of the top choices are for this summer.
- Zadie Smith – Swing Time
- John Grisham – The Whistler
- David Walliams – The World’s Worst Children 2 (children’s book)
- Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens
- Cornelia Funke – Dragon Rider:The Griffin’s Feather (children’s book)
- David Baldacci – No Man’s Land
- Disney – Beauty and the Best (children’s book)
- Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tail
- Greg James – Kid Normal (children’s book)
- Sophie Kinsella – My Not So Perfect Life
Take some time out this summer to relax, sit in the garden with a glass of something bubbly and get stuck into a good book or relieve the stress of a long flight and let your imagination run wild with your favourite novel.
For more book ideas and inspiration visit Kendal Library.