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CHILDREN in the Shannon area have been engrossed in their work at the town’s library over the past few weeks.
Staff at the Sean Lemass library have put together a varied pro- gramme of events, specifically geared towards children. It includes workshops and special events given by guest presenters, as well as the regular arts and crafts and storytime sessions every week.
The art workshop was particularly entertaining as Brendan Gordon helped the youngsters to make a pa- per maché tree, by pasting strips of newspapers over a skeleton of wood and chicken wire. This was left to dry for a week and the enthusiastic youngsters then finished the work- shop by painting and decorating the nKcton
While the past few weeks have been very busy, there is still plenty to look forward to over the coming weeks, in advance of the schools re-opening.
Children aged between eight and 16 will be invited to take part in the Playstation 3 competition. Playsta- tion and Penguin books have linked up to promote the games console as a device whose sole function is not only to play games, but to watch movies, upload and listen to music, access the internet and upload, store and browse through photographs. “The competition is aimed at eight to 16-year-olds, who are asked to take a digital photograph which cap- tures an image they feel best repre-
sents their favourite Artemis Fowl book,” said Marie Clohessy of the Sean Lemass library.
The Playstation team will visit Shannon library on August 15, be- tween 10am and 5pm, to upload the entries that children are asked to bring along, stored on their digital or Naas eek