It had been a while since my last library session so it was great to visit Moor Park Library to share some stories. The fact the event coincided with Valentine’s Day just proved my love of libraries! I put on the storytelling waistcoat to share a couple of the Tales with a bumper crowd. The…
It’s always extra special to make a visit to a school for the first time. Despite having to get up really early, I was really excited to get to Moorside Primary Academy in Skelmersdale. The morning kicked off with a whole school storytelling assembly. I put on the waistcoat to share ‘Pat On The Head’,…
It’s always lovely to put some library events in the diary. The first couple of visits during the summer holidays included sessions at two Lancashire libraries: Poulton and Fleetwood. Poulton Library was first up and a sizeable audience turned up to hear some stories. I shared three stories, two Impossible Tales and a traditional tale…
I visited Marton Primary twice during the final half term of the year. My first visit was part of a forest-themed event involving children from local nurseries. I shared a story about a little spider who uses his brain to overcome some of the most fearsome creatures in the forest. It’s a good story and…
Wordpool Family Day is always one of the highlights on my calendar and the 2017 extravaganza lived up to expectation. It’s a huge outdoor event organised by staff at Blackpool libraries and the theme for 2017 was ‘Animal Antics’. Lots of different performers attended and there was lots to see and do, plus it was…
After visiting Lowton St Mary’s in April, it was lovely to return to share more stories and write with Year 3 and 4. The morning started with a KS2 assembly. I put on the storytelling waistcoat and shared ‘Junk from the Trunk’, one of the Tales from the first book. We started off in a…
The 2017 school events kicked off with a visit to Holy Spirit Catholic Primary, St Helens. I met Mrs Ravey, the headteacher, at Reading Rocks 16 last year, so it was lovely to be invited to visit her school. The morning started with a Key Stage 2 author assembly where I shared my writing adventure…
I was really excited to get a call from Mrs Harrison at Waterloo Primary Academy to ask if I’d like to go and visit. The Year 4 children were starting a unit on spooky writing so she wanted me to share some spooky stories and talk about writing creepy tales. After pulling on the story…
My visit to Burscough Bridge Methodist Primary was a landmark occasion. It was the 100th school I’d visited during the 18 months since Impossible Tales launched in 2014! What a fantastic rollercoaster ride it’s been. The morning started with a whole school assembly where I pulled on the story waistcoat and shared one of the…
I’d visited Holy Trinity in January to share the Tales and Eric so I was thrilled to bits to be invited back for some storytelling and writing workshops. The morning kicked off with a whole school assembly where I shared one of the Impossible Tales. I pulled on the story waistcoat to share the story,…