Comments on: Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books, UK

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:07:22 +0000

Book Chook, interesting comment you made and I agree with you, too. We’ve been enjoying children’s theatre while in London and theatre is one way to bring the printed text really alive for children. Storytelling as well is lively and interactive. In Edinburgh, my daughter picked up the storytelling phone at the Scottish Storytelling Centre and was completely engrossed in listening to the tale!

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:07:39 +0000

It is wonderful – and, Book Chook, I couldn’t agree with you more. As well as book storytimes, Seven Stories have storyteller’s time without books – we attended one with the Captain of the Sea Song Saga – in the room overlooking the boat. We heard all about why we couldn’t actually go in the boat and he wove wonderful stories set in the area so that the children could identify the places – as well as requiring all sorts of audience participation, including suggestions as to the direction of the narrative. Most of the children were quite young but even Older Brother, who’s 10, was caught up in it.

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:13:59 +0000

This sounds like a great place to visit! The UK, I’m finding, has a lot of wonderful treasures for children and children’s books. I’ll be posting on my findings when I return to Canada!

By: Book Chook

Book Chook — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:14:22 +0000

It sounds wonderful. I am thrilled to hear that they are promoting drama and story telling as an integral part of a Book Centre, when quite often the focus is solely on books. I love books, but I believe kids will appreciate books even more when exposed to a broader version of story.

By: Aline

Aline — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:43:11 +0000

You describe such a wondrous place! It sounds like the stuff of fairy-tales!… I hope I can find my way there, some day. I’ll eagerly wait for your next posts to learn more about it.