Children to meet favourite writers.HUNDREDS of youngsters in Northumberland will be able to meet some of their favourite authors when an annual celebration of children's books gets underway next week. Staff at the county's libraries have organised the get-togethers as part of the 23rd Northern Children's Book Festival, which runs from Monday to Saturday, November 18. It is one of the biggest children's book festivals in the UK and has grown to involve libraries and schools across the region, attracting more than 40 authors to visit each November. Yesterday Marguerite Marguerite, for French women thus named, use Margaret Marguerite. For French women thus named, use Margaret. marguerite, in botany marguerite: see daisy. Gracey, head of libraries for Northumberland County Northumberland County is the name of several counties in Northern America:
"They will be talking about their books, telling stories and making pictures, with lots of opportunities for children and young people to get involved and ask questions." The festival will include Eric Maddern, author of Earth Story and Curious Clownfish The clownfish, or anemonefish, are the subfamily Amphiprioninae of the family Pomacentridae. Currently 27 species exist, of which one is in the genus Premnas and the rest are in the subfamily's type genus Amphiprion. , meeting youngsters from Cramlington's Hareside and St Paul's First Schools in the town's library on Thursday November 16. Author Julia Jarman will be visiting Morpeth Library, illustrator and cartoonist Steve Weatherill will meet children from four Tynedale schools and writer Nicola Morgan will be in Rothbury and Sea-houses. The full list of events in Northumberland is available from libraries, the NCBF NCBF National Cherry Blossom Festival website www.ncbf.org.uk. and from Gill Starkey of the county council at gstarkey@northumber-land.gov.uk, or 0 1670-534512. |
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