at Youngsters at a Middlesbrough school were treated to a special reading session ahead of half term. And the avid bookworms took away a copy of a children’s classic in the latest phase of a town-wide literacy drive.

Early Years Foundation Stage Lead Emma Enderwick had her audience at Sunnyside Academy enthralled as she read from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Gruffalo. And the young readers each took home a copy of the book from a total of more than 1,700 given away to children at 37 primary schools across the town.

The giveaway was made possible thanks to a partnership between the National Literacy Trust, WH Smith and Macmillan Children’s Books to mark The Gruffalo’s 25th anniversary. Research shows that one in 12 children aged eight to 18 in the north east say they don’t hav

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