This article was taken from the Edinburgh Evening News on 21st June 2007:
A COLLECTION of books worth £1000 are to be delivered to youngsters at an Edinburgh primary school.
The gift to Davidson's Mains Primary School, in Corbiehill Road, is part of a grant of 3000 children's books worth £20,000 to schools and libraries in Scotland by the Scottish Book Trust, the national agency for readers and writers.
Organisations, including primary schools, secondary schools and library groups, were invited to put their name in a hat and 20 winners were drawn at random.
Each of the winners will receive a collection of approximately 150 books that have been selected according to age-group or the ability of the readers, from a selection of picture books, audio books, fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
Jasmine Fassl, children's programmer at Scottish Book Trust, said: "We were delighted by the response which suggests books are in high demand and hope with this donation we are helping to provide a wider choice of reading materials that will encourage children to experience a range of authors, illustrators and topics."
