Making
books in the library
Last year teachers from a number of local primary schools were invited
to take part In a series of workshops in Blanchardstown Library. 
The workshops were facilitated by children’s author Terry Hassett
Henry and who has many years experience of working on creative writing
projects with adults and children. She worked with the teachers to help
them develop their skills to encourage their pupils to write books using
the theme of myths and legends from around the world.
According to Senior Librarian, Betty Boardman, the aim of the Make a
Book project was to give primary school children the opportunity to
write and illustrate their own books. “Students from different
ethnic backgrounds were asked to explore stories from their own culture
and traditions and to tell that story in their own words. The project
helps to promote the positive recognition of cultural and linguistic
diversity in the Dublin 15 area,” she said.
Pupils from three local schools took part in the project – St
Francis Xavier, Roselawn (1st and 2nd class) Scoil an Chroí Ró
Naofa, Huntstown (3rd class) and St. Patrick’s Diswellstown (3rd
class).
Over 120 pupils attended a presentation in the Library recently to mark
the completion of the project where they were all presented with certificates
by Cllr. Ciaran Byrne, mayor of Fingal.
Speaking at the presentation Ms. Hassett Henry said “this is one
of the most enjoyable projects I work on each year. I never know what
is going to come or what is going to happen in the book until the children
write it.”
Ms. Boardman also thanked all of the teachers who took part. “Much
of their work on this project took place in their own time,” she
said. She also thanked the Europe Direct project based in the library
which financially supported the initiative.
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