11:36am Wednesday 10th March 2010
By Edmund Tobin
CARTOON characters came to life when a primary school celebrated World Book Day.
Mr Men, super heroes, and even SpongeBob SquarePants, turned out at Moreton Primary School, in a dressing up day to encourage reading and greater literacy.
Children at the school, in Church Road, also received a visit from author Dave Smith, who was brought up in Epping, who taught them how to add humour to their fiction.
Drama workshops, and story-telling sessions took place, and the school received a visit from the travelling book fair from which they could buy new reading material.
Headteacher Linda Wiskin said: “The idea is to celebrate books and improve children's reading. It was very successful. We were making good use of traditional story-telling to create an exciting day.
“There were some very good costumes and the children were really into it.”
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