Bookbag | St Eithne's Bookbag Launch

We launched Bookbag at St. Eithne's GNS earlier this year. St. Eithne's GNS, a Senior Girls National School based in Edenmore in Dublin 5, marks our third year rolling out the Bookbag project! The school has roughly 120 students in total, with girls ranging in ages from seven to twelve. This years curated booklist theme was ‘Go Girl’, aimed to inspire, educate and encourage the girls to reach their full potential, and Bookbag supplied hundreds of books under this theme to their school library. Bookbag is a joint initiative of Brown Bag Films and Children’s Books Ireland delivered by Children’s Books Ireland. Bookbag was initiated by picture book-maker Niamh Sharkey during her term as Laureate na nÓg (2012–2014). Niamh campaigned throughout her tenure for a universal book-gifting scheme, which would ensure that every baby born in Ireland receives the gift of a book in their first year of life. For more info on Bookbag, please visit: www.bookbag.ie