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Event Notice : Walk the Camino – Cut out the Middleman with Andrea Ryan
Thursday 15th July, 7:30pm via Zoom Many Irish Pilgrims choose to get Camino Specialists to book their accommodation for them which ends up costing hundreds of euro. The goal of this talk is to give Irish Pilgrims the knowledge and advice needed to walk the Camino without paying lots of money. Andrea Ryan is passionate… Read more
Kildare County Council supports National Play Day 2021
National Play Day 2021 will take place from 3rd – 10th July with the aim of promoting play and recreation opportunities for children and young people all over Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘Playful Communities’ and Kildare’s Play Day event has been scheduled for Saturday 10th July 2021. Kildare County Council will distribute 1,000 free play packs through… Read more
Kildare Libraries Summer Stars Book Review Winner
Big Congratulations to Niamh, aged 6 from Newbridge Library is this week’s book review winner. Niamh’s Review Book Title: Little Red Riding Hood Author: Coleen Degnan Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Review: I Loved this book. I enjoyed reading it and looking at the lovely colourful pictures. I liked it so much I… Read more
Aoife’s To Read Music Books List
Hello again from Aoife in Newbridge library. As I love music and books, here is a post which combines the two. These four books are all ones I hope to get stuck into at some point this year. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen Synopsis In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed… Read more
Horrible Histories – The Awesome Egyptians
Author: Terry Deary Genre: Children’s Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Aoife, Newbridge library The Awesome Egyptians gives you some awful information about fabulous Pharaohs and poverty-stricken peasants – who lived an awesome 5,000 years ago! Find out why some pharaohs wore false beards and made revolting recipes for 3,000 year old sweets. History has never been so horrible! Each… Read more
Orla’s YA Book of the Month
Title: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 Author: Sue Townsend Genre: YA General Fiction Review: by Orla O’ Brien (Kildare Town Library) Synopsis: Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents’ marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and ‘misunderstood intellectual’, Adrian’s painfully honest… Read more
