Book Nook

Puzzle provided by Highlights

A book nook is a quiet place where you enjoy books. It can be your favourite spot in school, a comfy corner at home, or a library. Libraries in our neighbourhood are usually filled with colourful sofas, computers among hundreds of books. What about an ancient library?

The oldest library in the world is located in Saint Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of the Mount Sinai, Egypt. The library was built between 548 and 565, and is still operating now! It is home to some of the oldest copies of books and manuscripts that cannot be found anywhere else. To preserve the collection, scientists are trying to digitalise the manuscripts in the library. People can now read some of the works from the oldest library in the world online!

Challenge!

Can you find the objects hidden in the big picture?

Cool Words

neighbourhood

an area of a town or city that people live in

ancient

from a long time ago

Monastery

a building where men live as a religious group

manuscript

a piece of writing or music that has been written, but not yet published

preserve

to keep something the same or prevent it from being damaged or destroyed 

digitalize

tto change something such as a document to a digital form (= a form that can be stored and read by computers)