Primary 7c made the short walk to Motherwell library on Monday 25th March to meet and listen to Scottish children’s author, Lyndsay Littleson. The children heard an extract from ‘Secrets of the last Merfolk’, which tells the story of a boy called Finn seeing mysterious swimmers in the firth late at night. Could the local legend of merfolk living amid the waves actually be true? When Finn eventually meets the magical sea-people, he must put aside his own problems and help in the battle against the young merfolk’s ancient underwater enemy before the last of their kind are lost forever.

A highlight of the visit was Lyndsay Littleson signing the children’s own copies of the novel. Now it’s time for our avid readers to open them up and dive into the story!