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Illustrator & Author Tony Ross Visits DESS
Well known illustrator and author, Tony Ross, visited DESS on Thursday 11th March to talk to the children from Reception to Year 4. He was visiting Dubai for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.
He has illustrated books for many authors, including Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and M ichael Palin, but he also writes and illustrates his own books. His first title was Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1976), since then he has produced a whole series of reworked and updated fairy tales. His series of books about extra-terrestrial teacher Dr Xargle, written with Jeanne Willis, have become extremely popular, as has his much-loved Towser series.
Some of his books have been animated on television and there are several videos featuring his work.
The School Library is a colourful, busy, welcoming room. It is well stocked, comprising approximately 11,000 resources of non-fiction, picture books, fiction, newspapers, comics and audio tapes. It is also equipped with a network of 12 computers which gives students access to the library database, the internet for subject based research and CD-ROMs. The library also has an audio book hire section where children can download stories to their mp3 players. The audio book section has approximately 400 different stories available.
The children visit the library at least once during the week for their library lesson and many children also change books and use the facilities of the Library before school starts and during breaks. Years 5 and 6 are given the opportunity to be Librarians during the course of the year.
We also have a very well resourced Storysack Library created and run by a team of parent volunteers. This is open to all parents of Reception, and Years 1 and 2.
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Throughout the year there are many library related events -Book fairs, World Book Day, Bookmark competitions, visiting authors, illustrators, storytellers and The Big Red Bus.
To quote from Garfield Cat - If the book fits, read it!