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Claire Hennessy
17 Oct 2013

Author Guest Blog - Claire Hennessy

When people say they ‘don’t read’, I don’t really believe them. ‘Can’t read’ is one thing – some people have literacy issues, for all kinds of reasons – but ‘don’t read’? Nah. I bet they read text messages or things on Facebook. I bet they read the back of a DVD case or the latest news about their favourite singer or football player. We live in a world where words are so important, and written-down words are all around us.

MS READaTHON Team
14 Oct 2013

Parent Blog: Decline of the “Once upon a time...”?

Every child, after a bedtime story, falls asleep to vividly dream of the wonders and images that have just been created in their minds. Images like the Imp in the Brothers Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin and what he looks like while helping the Millers’ daughter as she tries to spin straw into gold.

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