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Ashmount Primary School

Ashmount Road, London, N19 3BH Tel: 020 7272 7145 email: office@ashmount.islington.sch.uk

Authors At Ashmount

In Autumn Term 2008 we celebrated our love of reading with a programme of visits from some of our favourite authors. We were thrilled to welcome them to Ashmount, and thank them for taking the time to share their books with us.

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Charlie reading small

We got off to a flying start on 30 September 2008 with a visit from Charlie Higson, author of the hugely popular 'Young Bond' series. Charlie met Years 5 and 6 to read from his latest book, 'By Royal Command', and answer pupils' questions.
(Portrait by Rankin)

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Francesca Simon assembly

Our 'Authors At Ashmount' programme continued in style on 11 November 2008 with a visit from Francesca Simon, creator of 'Horrid Henry', who told us how she first had the idea for Horrid Henry's adventures, and treated us to a preview of a brand new story.
(Portrait by Francesco Guidicini)

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Morpurgo pic

And on 10 December 2008, finishing the term's events on a high note, we welcomed Michael Morpurgo OBE, former Children's Laureate and one of our very favourite authors. The juniors were treated to a reading from Kensuke's Kingdom, and the infants loved Michael's rendition of Cockadoodle-doo, Mr Sultana!

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