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A Calne CARPENTER has set up a community library for Kennet Valley Primary School in Lockeridge, delighting staff and students with his original take on the usual telephone bookshop.
The unique new library was installed near the school gates in the playground so that the entire school community including children, parents, staff, governors and villagers can all use it.
Mrs Emma Russell, the Headmistress, said: “This lovely little library was designed and made by Liam Makepeace who lives in Calne. He saw an appeal we made on Facebook and put this together for us and donated it to the school for free.
“We are so grateful for his kindness and generosity and Mr Makepeace not only delivered and installed it for the school but also his daughters’ collected books and toys to include in it.”
The School’s Head of Reading, Ms Byford, commented: ‘We are delighted that this is available to people in our school.
“We have a passion for reading at school, not just for our children learning to read, but for helping children develop a love of reading.
“We hope our parents and children will love it, and that the villagers will also come by to borrow or leave a book.
“Thank you to Mr. Makepeace for all his painstaking work in giving us this great gift.
“The idea of the lending library is that people can come to choose a new book to read, but also leave a book they have read for others to read too, so that the remaining books are all recommended by others , because they will have been read first.”
The school asks those who wish to borrow a book or leave it in the library to do so outside of school hours or when the children are not on the playground.
