Children’s Book Festival

Who remembers the library when it was a serious place where you had to be really quiet all the time?! How things have changed!! For Children’s Book Festival we were treated to two exciting visits to both Arklow and Gorey libraries. In Arklow, 3rd and 4th class visited an exhibition of illustrations around the folklore tale ‘The Way Home’. They responded to the various artists’ work and sketched before enjoying a good old root around the library itself. Then it was off to Joanne’s for some refreshments! 1st class visited Gorey library and enjoyed a riveting and funny talk from author Shane Hegarty about his book ‘The Shop of Impossible Icecreams’ before having fun designing their own imaginative ice cream! The sensory pod was a big hit too! They too enjoyed a little treat afterwards!  Huge thanks to Kathy and Fiona in both libraries for making us so welcome!