Knocknaheeny pupils enjoy third reading initiative

PUPILS from Cork’s northside are enjoying the magic of reading books and some are even thinking about becoming authors themselves.

The third year of the One Book, One Community has seen 500 copies of a children’s book being delivered to homes in the Knocknaheeny, Churchfield and Sunday’s Well areas. Local schools are encouraging parents and children to read The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman, with events around the book planned in the coming months.

The initiative is organised by the schools, teachers, parents, the local family centre and children’s charity Barnardos.