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Beatrice is a retired librarian and a member of The Storytellers, a group of people who attend\visit\appear\go
into schools to read with children. The Storytellers are volunteers, so they are not charged\paid\fined\owed
for their work. There are now almost 3,000 storytellers of all times\dates\ages\years across Great Britain, from young students to people in their seventies.any\none\no\nothing
qualifications at all are needed to be a storyteller, but all storytellers must\have\ought\need be patient and kind. Beatrice applied to
work\turn\become\train a storyteller when she saw an advertisement on TV. She had never told\informed\heard\listened
of The Storytellers before. She says, ‘Many children do not have books at home and this gets\means\makes\does it harder for them to do well at school. They are delighted when they get all my attention. People should not do this sort of work though\unless\even\if they really like children. I look forward to it so much that I really miss\lose\lack\leave the children during the holidays.’