{"id":773295,"date":"2026-02-18T20:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/773295\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:03:17","slug":"calverley-children-help-local-author-design-mural-for-newly-opened-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/773295\/","title":{"rendered":"Calverley children help local author design mural for newly-opened library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Kate Pankhurst at Calverley Library.Photo: Anne Akers<\/p>\n

By Anne Akers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bestselling children\u2019s author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst is to design a mural for the new village library \u2013 and has asked local children to help with ideas.<\/p>\n

Kate, who has a studio in Sunnybank Mills and live in West Leeds, used her latest book We Are All Inventors in a workshop to inspire the mural she is producing for the walls of the children\u2019s library in its new home in the Mechanics Institute.<\/p>\n

More than 20 children and parents were at the workshop where Kate talked about the book, her mural and had the children draw their own Inventor. She said she hoped the ideas would help inspire her when making the mural. <\/p>\n

The library re-located to the Mechanics Institute at the end of January after the previous building was sold by Leeds City Council, it raised \u00a3207,000. The new library now has separate space for the adult and children\u2019s libraries.<\/p>\n

Kate, who is originally from Liverpool, was inspired by libraries from a young age, loving books and the adventures they described. She went on to and produce her own comic inspired by the Beano and then knew she wanted to be an illustrator. <\/p>\n

Her books include the Fantastically Great Women series, Hello We are All Astronauts and the Mariella Mystery series. They are all available from Calverley and other Leeds libraries.<\/p>\n

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