THERE was a real buzz at an Alloa school last week when a donation arrived on World Book Day.

A bundle of new books were added to the library at Park Primary School, thanks to a donation from Morrisons in Alloa.

Delivering the goods was the supermarket's community champion Dave Crozier, who was keen to ensure young people can discover a love of reading last Thursday, March 5, when various events around the county marked World Book Day.

Dave met staff and pupils from the P3/2D class, where the young people were very enthusiastic when the box of books arrived.

He said: "It's my second year being a part of helping donate books to a local school for World Book Day and we had a lot of interest from many schools, it has been a pleasure to be able to donate these new books to a local school like Park Primary.

"There's definitely a great selection of books, so I'm sure every pupil will be able to find a story they enjoy."

The donation was part of a wider project in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and funded by the Morrisons Foundation.

All of the books were published by Penguin Random House and the project came about as research from the trust showed that pupils who enjoy reading and use their school library tend to perform better and are happier with their lives.

The bundle donated to Park PS, like every other one around the country, included a copy of Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties by children's author Humza Arshad, who is also an ambassador for the partnership.

Mrs Caroline Dawson, P3/2D class teacher, was grateful for the donation.

She said: "Thank you so much to Morrisons, the children are absolutely delighted, you can see how excited they are.

"They love reading and we are trying to promote reading right across the school."

On the day, the class read two versions of the classic story of Three Little Pigs and were thinking about the story, many children also enjoyed donning fancy dresses for the day.

The National Literacy Trust is "thrilled" to be working with Morrisons in the partnership, which has reached 125,000 children across the UK.

Jonathan Douglas, chief executive of the trust, added: "School budgets are stretched, many school libraries are struggling and one in 11 disadvantaged children don't have a single book of their own at home; so it has never been more important to get books into the schools that need them most.

"When children discover a love of reading, they do better at school and later in life, so we must do everything we can to inspire children to fall in love with reading for a lifetime."