bookshop community

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/29/southampton-bookshop-october-books-enlists-human-chain-to-move-to-new-store?fbclid=IwAR3rBnVJwORIgsQex1UppYr14d9Z3EkK_W9Gd3cyXwdNSlSWnqmbUMNu1s0

A community bookshop in Southampton had to move because the rent went up and they could not afford to stay. They managed to raise funds to buy an old building 150 metres away but had to find a way of moving their 2000 books.

The local community came to the rescue, forming a human chain from the old bookshop to the new bookshop and passing books along the chain to their new home.

Jani Franck, who joined the human chain said, "It's amazing. The power of community coming together and achieving something like this."

What do you see in the picture?
What do you notice about the people - how are they similar, how are they different?
What do you think they are doing?

explain the story

- What are bookshops for?
- Why do the people in this town want to help their bookshop stay open?
- How does a human chain work? Why did people give up their time to pass books along a chain?
- What do you notice about the people? Are they all the same? What does this show about who the bookshop is for?
- How do you think the people in the chain felt as they passed the books? In the photo lots of the people are smiling, why?
- What does Jani mean by "the power of community"?
- What does this story and photo tell us about people living in the UK today?
- What can we learn from the people in the photo?
- Why is this story about No Outsiders?

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