The FreeBee Library is a community library on my garden wall. It caters for readers from nine days to nine decades old, and is expanding quickly.
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Mr Biggles – from Hook to Book
Mr Biggles started as an idea – as a storyteller, I have been lots of books as part of my research into the history of folk tales. Many of the European stories feature bears, especially those from Germanic areas. Those…
The Prayers From Under Lyth Hill
About ten years ago I started writing a reworking of Dylan Thomas’ play for voices, Under Milk Wood, as one about the village that raised me from birth to young womanhood. In Under Lyth Hill, my fictional trendy vicar Rev. Freddie Brown recites his prayers for the people and place he loves.
Bob and the Very Rainy Day
Bob decided that it was going to be one of those dumbtwiddling days. He looked out of his window in his home at the base of an ancient hollowed out oak tree, and all he could see was big wetty gobbley droppers pourling down and making hugelymungiously soggy puddly muddles on the ground. On dumbtwiddling days like this, he knew there was only one thing that you could do…
Bob reads a story and starts to dreamickle up his own to make him feel less miseryshiverable.
The Storytelling Sessions
Most EmmisStories sessions start with a story about a character or theme, and are followed by activities that come out of that. These can be art, craft, music, drama or subject led. Tailor made packages and teacher packs are available by request. Please follow the link for more information: https://emblabee.org/the-storytelling-sessions/
Tom Thumb, Thumbnickel and Thumbelina – the Long and the Short of It
Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, story precis and activities, EYFS/KS1/KS2
The marvellous thing about storytelling is that it can take something ordinary out of the real world and make it extraordinary.
The 31 Days of Scary – Day 31 FINAL ENTRY: Godfather Death
This tale is one of the lesser known from the collected tales of Grimm brothers, but is perfect for a dark, chilly night. A poor man chooses Death as the Godfather for his son. When the boy becomes a man, Death trains him to be a Doctor and together they perform. All is well until a beautiful princess falls ill…
Be More Blake
Be More Blake
The 31 Days of Scary – Day 22: From the Journal of Daniel M-, Third Entry
When this time of year comes around, there are a few certainties that are absolutely inevitable. Way back in the before times, All Hallow’s Eve never had anything to do with anything sweet or fun. It was very much a different thing altogether. But then, so was I, back then.
The Curious Tale of Mr Oggy Boggles – Part Two
When you look up at the moon at night, do you ever wonder who lives up there? We think we know that there are astronauts and cosmonauts and dust and rocks up in space, and that there are no such thing as aliens, but are you sure?
The final part of Oggy Boggles first story…