--- title: Our Year 3 and Year 5 pupils meet author Anthony Burt description: Author Anthony Burt met with some of our Junior school pupils and shared some extracts from his new book, 'The Animal Lighthouse'. --- [![Black left aligned RHS GDST logo](https://news.redmaidshigh.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/logos/Black%20left%20aligned%20RHS%20GDST%20logo.png?width=215&height=100&name=Black%20left%20aligned%20RHS%20GDST%20logo.png "Black left aligned RHS GDST logo")](https://www.redmaidshigh.co.uk/) [Back to Main Site](https://www.redmaidshigh.co.uk/) [![Redmaids' High School](https://news.redmaidshigh.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Redmaids_High_School_April2021/images/mobile-logo.png?width=270&height=472&name=mobile-logo.png "Redmaids' High School")](https://www.redmaidshigh.co.uk/) [Back to Main Site](https://www.redmaidshigh.co.uk/) [< Back to Blog](https://news.redmaidshigh.co.uk/) # Our Year 3 and Year 5 pupils meet author Anthony Burt > ![author horizontal](https://news.redmaidshigh.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/author%20horizontal.png?width=1822&name=author%20horizontal.png) > > Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of welcoming the author, [Anthony Burt](https://anthonyburt.com/) to our Junior School. Mr Burt met with our Year 3 and Year 5 pupils and shared some extracts from his new book, 'The Animal Lighthouse'. > > It was an exciting opportunity for our girls to meet and speak with the person behind this exciting book. They were immersed in the story, as they discovered more about the  characters who had to save their island, by solving the mystery of the missing lighthouse filament bulbs! Our girls were enthused by wearing  animal masks, inspired by the book, and finding our about the twists and turns of the plot. 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