Children from St John’s First School in Frome have presented Frome Library with two copies of their book of magical short stories. The copies are now available to borrow from the children’s section of the library.
Spelliarmus! – a collection of magical short stories and picture books – was created by children from St John’s for a competition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book. The winners of the competition were chosen by Barry Cunningham OBE, publisher at Chicken House Books, who was instrumental in bringing JK Rowling’s stories to publication.
With support from Chicken House, the Friends of St John’s School created a book from all the entries so that the children could see their work in print and become published authors. With design and production from Postscript, and a cover created by Emma Hopkins using the children’s own artwork, the limited-edition book can be borrowed free from the library, or purchased from Hunting Raven Books (£5.99 each or £10 for two).
Right: Cerian Amery, manager of Frome Library, receives copies of Spelliarmus! from two of the short story competition winners, Daisy and Summer.
