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New children's book launched at nursery

Jeanette Pearson-Tanner, has read many thousands of books to children in her more than 20 years working as a nursery manager.

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Denise Kerr reads the story to children at the Oswestry Prepcare Day Nursery

Now she can read one that she has written herself.

She launched her debut children’s book , The Pre School Detectives: The lost guitar, at the Oswestry Prepcare Day Nursery. Published by Sterrey and sponsored by Prepcare Day Nurseries it follows a group of inquisitive young children – Zora, Abigail, Joseph and Tia - who solve the magical mystery of the missing guitar.

Inspired by her working life as a nursery manager, as well as her own experiences as a mother, Jeanette wrote the book in her spare time and says, she is overwhelmed by the interest it has generated.

“I’ve always been intrigued by the inquisitive nature of young children so using a theme that showcased this for my first book felt only natural. To launch here at Prepcare Day Nurseries is only fitting and I am delighted that I have been able to share my story with the children I care for. With the ups and downs of 2020, it’s a glimmer of light in what has been a turbulent year for us all.”

Denise Kerr, Manager at Oswestry Prepcare Day Nursery said: “The children are delighted to be part of this special launch and it’s lovely for them to be involved. Encouraging children to love books is so important and for them to know a real life author is so inspiring for them.

"We’re so excited to see Jeanette’s new book in print and we were thrilled to hear the book reading first hand.”

The Pre School Detectives is available on Amazon priced at £4.99.

Jeanette has also been keen to share her story even wider and is participating in another local campaign for children’s wards in hospitals ‘Stories on Walls’.

Books have not been allowed in children’s hospital wards because of Covid-19 so to give hospitalised children access to reading, enlarged copies of well-loved children’s books have been shared on the walls of the wards.

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