Children & Young People at East Lothian Libraries

11/08/2022

This week's recommended title on BorrowBox is The kid who came from space by Ross Welford.

A small village in the wilds of Northumberland is rocked by the disappearance of twelve-year-old Tammy. Only her twin brother, Ethan, knows she is safe – and the extraordinary truth of where she is. It is a secret he must keep, or risk never seeing her again.But that doesn’t mean he’s going to give up.Together with his friend Iggy and the mysterious (and very hairy) Hellyann, Ethan teams up with a spaceship called Philip, and Suzy the trained chicken, for a nail-biting chase to get his sister back… that will take him further than anyone has ever been before.

10/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

This book features a series of fun electronics projects that range from easy to more difficult, but none require too complex or expensive components.

Step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations guide the reader as they create racing machines, drawing 'robots', LED 'throwies', and other fun projects, alongside simple, core electronics skills such as creating a circuit.

10/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

Kid-genius and inventor Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual.

In this series opener, an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm, and a flash of electricity bring Frank's inventions the robots - Klink and Klank - to life!

Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his inventions... until Frank's archnemesis, T. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan!

First in a series so if you like it, there are more to enjoy.

10/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

Something strange has happened to Rosie and her brothers. Rosie's new pyjamas have led them to a dangerous discovery.

Doctor Starkly-Bonkers has invented the Doombuster and history is all muddled up - and now the machine has been stolen.

Can Rosie and the boys beat the Pharaohs and dinosaurs and will rice pudding really stop the Vikings?

Reliably funny as always from Jeremy Strong.

09/08/2022

Have some Lego? Take part in Awesome Bricks at home - can you find a gadget in the museum collection and build it from Lego?

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/resources/awesome-bricks-at-home/

07/08/2022

For our guess the gadget challenge this week - what do you think this is?
If you'd like to take part in guess the gadget in person then our boxes are at Ormiston and Prestonpans Libraries this week.

04/08/2022

If you're travelling then reading can be a bit tricky. Why not listen to something together - and it all counts towards your Gadgeteers challenge!

Our BorrowBox featured title this week is The Time Travel Diaries by Caroline Lawrence.

From the million-copy-selling author of The Roman Mysteries comes a nail-biting time-travel adventure in Roman London - where past meets present.

Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with the skeleton of a blue-eyed girl from Roman London. He has managed to invent a Time Machine so that he can go and find her, but it's estimated that for each hour spent in the past, the time traveller's life will be shortened so Solomon recruits a potential child time traveller: Alex Papas, a twelve-year-old boy who knows a smattering of Greek and Latin.

Alex's mission is to go back to Londinium through a portal in London's Mithraeum and find out all he can about the blue-eyed girl.

There are just three rules:

1. Naked you go and naked you must return.

2. Drink, don't eat.

3. As little interaction as possible.

But Time Travel is no picnic - and Roman London is far more dangerous than anyone could have known.

03/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

Keith has entered the Junior Mega Brain quiz and he's determined to win. The problem is - he's not really a genius. Even worse, his sister Minerva actually is, and Keith will have to go head to head against her.

Keith needs to get super smart and fast! Could he just steal Min's brain? Or will some awesome inventions, sneezing rabbits and fearsome flapjacks be the genius way to victory?

03/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

When they're not in school, David and his best friend, Ben, don't just pass the time . . . they blast right through it! Follow David and Ben as they travel back to the past and discover some super-sized, sci-fi adventures.

You can read whatever you like for the challenge - it's about finding something you'll enjoy. How about trying a graphic novel like this one?

03/08/2022

Gadgeteers Book Recommendation

Daisy's back but this time she's not just Daisy, she's 006 and a Bit, spy extraordinaire.

With her black felt-tip moustache, dark glasses, secret spy gadgets and a special spy code, she's poised and ready for action. There's just one problem, nobody can understand a word she's saying!

Mrs Pike the neighbour, Tiptoes the cat and even Gabby, Daisy's best friend, are all baffled by her spy language.

Poor 006 and a Bit is about to abandon her mission when a mysterious stranger with a blue moustache and purple beard pokes his head around the door...

02/08/2022

Are you Robot or No - Bot? Find out more with the Science Museum this week:

Why are we so fascinated with machines that resemble humans physically or behave in lifelike ways?

31/07/2022

For our guess the gadget challenge this week - what do you think this is?
If you'd like to take part in guess the gadget in person then our boxes are at Tranent and Longniddry Libraries this week.