by admin | May 9, 2012 | Teaching News
Yesterday May 8th, President Michael D. Higgins announced the appointment of author and illustrator Niamh Sharkey as Ireland’s second Laureate na nÓg. Niamh commences her two-year term of office and succeeds Siobhán Parkinson, our inaugural Laureate na nÓg who...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Guest Post
Reading for pleasure – it’s a no-brainer, really, isn’t it? It’s so obvious that it’s a really great thing to encourage children to read, I nearly feel a bit sheepish saying it. It’s like motherhood and apple pie. Who could be against it? (Bang-bang, you’re dead. When...