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In a get together hosted by the Arts Council, Niamh Sharkey was named only the second ever children's laureate in Ireland and was exhibited a medal to mark the honour by President Michael D Higgins. Laureate na n is an initiative of the Arts Council with the support of the Office of the Minister to be and Youth Affairs, Baby's Books Ireland, Poetry Ireland and the Arts Council of upper Ireland. The honour was established to engage young people with high quality children's literature and to underline value of children's literature in our cultural and imaginative life. Her books have won numerous awards while the prestigious Mother Goose Award and the Australian Employee Handbook Templates Save You Weeks Of Work. Create Instant Human Resource Policies And Procedures For Small To Medium Businesses. Visit Instant Employee Manual For Affiliate Tools & Resources. Bisto Book of the Year. Niamh is the creator and web-based producer of The Happy Hugglemonsters, A 52 event pre-School movement series, With her book The Hugglewugs, Which air on Disney Junior in over 150 countries in 2012. Talking about her appointment Niamh Sharkey said: 'It is a superb honour to be chosen as the next Laureate na nog. I am a picture book maker so my focus as Laureate will for sure be visual as well as literary. 'I am going to get to do even more of what I love most promoting quality children's literature and promoting children to read, Draft and draw. I have lots of ideas that I hope inspires creativity in children of all ages. I'm very excited and can't wait for starters.' magazines Walsh, Director of child Books Ireland said: 'In the two years since its restaurant, The position of Laureate na n has been able to spotlight and celebrate the incredible talent and passion which exists in the Irish children's books community. 'By bringing national and abroad attention to Irish children's books, Laureate na n has witnessed the central role that books can play in every Irish childhood