The amazing Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train your Dragon series (also made into three award winning films), and Children's Laureate, has responded to a survey by Great School Libraries.
She said:
She said:
“From a personal point of view, I know from visiting schools around the country for over twenty years, that schools with both a library and librarian have a huge advantage over those that do not."
“Libraries and reading for pleasure support learning in every subject by encouraging intelligence, creativity and empathy, and librarians are highly skilled at the complicated process of getting the right books into the hand of the right child at the right time.”
How fantastic that The Ravensbourne School recognises this and values reading so much that we have two wonderful Libraries for our students and staff to use, run by two fully qualified and experienced Librarians.
How fantastic that The Ravensbourne School recognises this and values reading so much that we have two wonderful Libraries for our students and staff to use, run by two fully qualified and experienced Librarians.
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