Why we love to read and what our favourite authors enjoyed as children
The author, Margaret Atwood, said “reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practise”. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. I decided I would seek the opinions of two different sets of readers and writers, to better understand the role of children’s literature in their lives.
Madeleine D’Arcy, Mary Morrissy, Billy O’Callaghan and William Wall are all published authors. The sixth class pupils of Upper Glanmire National School and their teacher, Niall O’ Sullivan, are avid readers, storytellers and writers.
