Children’s Storyteller Day at the Good Book Shop
The Good Book Shop in Belfast hosted their first ever Children’s Storyteller Day on Easter Saturday with around 20 children taking part in various fun–filled activities.
Book shop manager, Richard Ryan, was delighted to welcome a variety of contributors throughout the day. Youth leaders from Derry and Raphoe diocese did some face painting and read stories from a selection of Children’s books for sale in the shop. Others involved included Julie Currie, Down and Dromore’s Diocesan Children’s Officer, and the puppet ministry team from St Brigid’s, Mallusk, who put on a special show for the occasion.
The climax of the day came when Revd Adrian McCartney (leader of Boring Wells, a Fresh Expression of Church) arrived with his dog Shep. Adrian, who has recently published a children’s book entitled ‘Sheppy: A stray dog finds a home,’ brought the star of the book into the shop to meet the children, and he read a short extract from it.
The Children’s Storyteller Day was one of various events to take place in The Good Book Shop this year to mark its 10th Anniversary.