Literary Festival

 Today we were lucky to welcome in author Cliff McNish who came to talk to us about his books The Winter Wolf and Going Home. He told us about all the dogs in his life and the books he has written about these dogs. We then had a go at drawing and designing our own puppies which we could use in a book. 


















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