Bringing reading to life on World Book Day 2019
HARRY Potter, Mary Poppins and Peter Rabbit were just some of the colourful characters roaming around Boherbue last week when the National School celebrated World Book Day.
The children pulled out all the stops with fabulous costumes, face paint, and accessories, and had a ball portraying their favourite book characters for the day.
Anthony Garvey, author of many children’s books visited the school on Wednesday. He spoke about his own work and inspired the children to read avidly and to write and illustrate their own stories.
Teacher Fiona Murphy, who organised the event, told The Corkman that the children engaged in lots of book-related activities, including story writing, designing and making their own book covers.
“Many thanks to all who supported our Book Fair which was held on Thursday 28 and Friday 29; over €1,300 worth of books has been added to our school library as a result of our Book Fair,” Fiona said.
Over the last 22 years, World Book Day has become firmly established as Ireland’s biggest annual event promoting the enjoyment of books and reading.
The main aim is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an opportunity to have a book of their own. This may sound like a very simple idea but, unfortunately, many children do not have access to books in their homes.
All material, including Euro Book Tokens, is sent in bulk to Ireland and is sent out to schools by the Irish Department of Education, and all Primary and Secondary schools in Ireland automatically receive tokens.