A celebration of stories
As an author and performance storyteller, World Book Day celebrations are one of the highlights of my year. It’s an opportunity for me to take part in the charity World Book Day’s annual celebration and this year’s theme was ‘Read Your Way.’
Every year I am invited to visits schools across London in the days leading up to and days after World Book Day. This allows teachers time to spread their celebrations across two weeks and really immerse children in the love of stories and reading for pleasure. A few schools were reading my books: African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends, Spooks Stories of the World and The Bird of A Thousand Colours‘ ahead of my visit. It was a pleasure to hear children share their favourite stories and see their excited expressions after our workshops.
Activities to inspire reading
During my school visits I lead storytelling sessions filled with lots of opportunities for children of all ages and abilities to particpate. These sessions are multimodal with sensory activities designed to stimulate everyone. I use music, percussion instruments, rhythm and rhymes, movement and their ideas which I weave into the stories. Children feel as though they are jumping into the stories with me and are inspired to read further or retell the stories afterward in any way that they feel able.
If you’d like to book me for a school visit, please get in touch early as World Book Day is a very popular time of year!