{"id":25001,"date":"2018-02-09T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25001"},"modified":"2018-02-09T16:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:24:45","slug":"canton-school-leads-way-school-libraries-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/09\/canton-school-leads-way-school-libraries-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton school leads the way in school libraries initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A CANTON school has teamed up with an author to be the first \u2018Book Buddy\u2019 in Britain as part of a new initiative to boost school libraries.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lansdowne Primary School is taking part in the initiative organised by Waterstones Children\u2019s Book Prize 2018 author Maz Evans, where authors donate the books they read in 2018 to their allocated school library.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Canton based school has been paired up with Annaliese Avery, from Beccles in Suffolk, to be the first \u2018Book Buddy\u2019 pairing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Avery said: \u201cI am super proud to be Book Buddy to Lansdowne Primary and I&#8217;m looking forward to sharing some amazing books and wonderful adventures with this delightful bunch of phenomenal readers!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25005\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25005\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Author Annaliese Avery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25005\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Author Annaliese Avery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/author.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Author Annaliese Avery has become Book Buddy to Lansdowne Primary School<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Evans, who continues to pair schools and authors has had to close her list after receiving hundreds of requests.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explaining how the initiative came about Ms Evans said: \u201cI have been campaigning for some time about the terrifying fact that many of the hundreds of schools I visit cannot afford books. It\u2019s an outrage.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was encouraging people to join me in lobbying the Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, when Annaliese came forward and offered to donate her year&#8217;s books to a school.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s only been a few days, but hundreds of books are reaching thousands of kids and it&#8217;s a start.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explaining how Lansdowne Primary School was chosen Ms Avery said: \u201cI responded to Maz\u2019s call to action by telling her and Twitter at large that I would become a Book Buddy to the first school that got in touch with me.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBruce McInnes was quick off the mark and responded &#8211; job done!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bruce McInnes, 42, a year six teacher at Lansdowne Primary School said: \u201cSchool budgets are getting smaller and smaller and so it\u2019s getting more and more difficult to keep school libraries stocked with relevant, current books.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe partnership has already fired up the children and they\u2019re excited about reading, which can only be a good thing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are focusing on getting our young people to read for pleasure and develop a lifelong love of reading. This has been proven to have a significant impact on pupil\u2019s attainment but also opens our young people to whole new worlds of creativity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CANTON school has teamed up with an author to be the first \u2018Book Buddy\u2019 in Britain as part of a new initiative to boost school libraries. Lansdowne Primary School is taking part in the initiative organised by Waterstones Children\u2019s Book Prize 2018 author Maz Evans, where authors donate the books they read in 2018 to their allocated school library. 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