TWELVE book-lovers from Branksome Heath Middle School spent the day at the Bath Children’s Literary Festival.

The Poole school took a group of year sixes to the event to meet the Wizard from the Beast Quest books and listen to authors Michael Morpurgo and Simon Mayo. Head teacher Stuart Fox said: “The children were superb and asked very good questions.”

He added: “They were superb ambassadors. It makes you very proud of the school.”