Children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Alongside focusing on their lessons, keeping healthy and making friends, a huge part of school life is inspiring a love of reading.
But as funding pressures squeeze, schools are finding it increasingly difficult to dedicate the money – and time – to new books and trained librarians as they once did.
Tony Jex, mobile library assistant and driver, with the mobile library at Queen's Hills Primary School, at Costessey. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Apryl Markham-Uden, senior library and information assistant, helps one of the children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Tony Jex, mobile library assistant, chats to one of the Queen's Hills Primary School children about their choice of books. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
Children from Queen's Hills Primary School at Costessey choose their books for the school from the mobile library. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2018)
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