Open StoryWorld and you’ll discover the world of storytelling at your fingertips. It’s an ingenious idea and a toolkit for the imagination designed to inspire storytellers of all ages. In this pack you’ll find over 25 cards depicting images that will inspire stories with a Christmasy theme – characters, places and objects plus there’s a little book that will provide you with even more inspiration if you’re struggling with your story. Just join up one of the many starting points provided by the cards in the pack with one of the ending points by using signposts and suggestions for new strands to shape the narrative. It can’t fail and is a brilliant way of firing a child’s imagination. Why not take a look at the various Storyworld packs that are available ? Each one is guaranteed to unlock your imagination.
Create your own magical Christmas stories! With this top-up pack from StoryWorld, you can pick a handful of cards that suggest characters, places and objects, then use them as the inspiration to invent your own festive tale.
Travel to the North Pole, meet Father Christmas, sneak into the Elves’ Workshop or climb aboard the Magic Sleigh! Also includes a storytelling book, packed with tips for starting your stories, games to play with the cards and ideas about ways that you can tell your tale.
John Matthews is a master storyteller and draws from his wide
experience of folk tales to find stories that will be new to many young
readers. He is the author of numerous highly- acclaimed books on
Arthurian legends and Celtic mythology, and has co-written a number of
books with his wife Caitlίn. John currently
lives in Oxford with his wife and son.
Caitlín Matthews is a writer, singer and storyteller who makes her home
in Oxford. Since childhood, she has had an abiding love of myths and
legends and has written over twenty-five titles on Celtic and British
mythology, among them, Ladies of the Lake and The Celtic Book of Days.
In this video, John and Caitlin explain their StoryWorld series:
