7:00am Tuesday 9th March 2010
By Elizabeth Pears
POLITICIANS are often accused of telling tales but Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone opted to read one instead to mark World Book Day.
The Liberal Democrat MP thrilled pupils at Noel Park Primary, in Gladstone Avenue, when she popped in to read to nursery and Year 6 pupils on Friday.
She started off by reading The Great Kapok Tree, about the Amazon rainforest, and ended the special visit by reading Funnybones with the three-year-olds.
Ms Featherstone said: "It has just been an enchanted morning. There are few things as enjoyable as sharing a good story with children – they are so wonderfully enthusiastic and honest.
"It's so important to help them develop an interest in reading, which will really serve them well in the future – both for work and pleasure."
World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland.
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