Pandora and the Story Forge - 'an enchanting way to enthuse young writers'. 💕
Written by me, illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel and published by @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social
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These little stories from Fordyce Primary School, inspired by 'Pandora, adorer of beautiful words...' really made my day!
The children wanted to stay in to finish them. 💕
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A great afternoon of creative writing at Portsoy Primary School! We pulled objects out of a bag and wondered what stories they might tell.
Looking forward to reading the stories as part of the Portsoy Book Festival. ❣️
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These beautiful paperback copies of Pandora and the Story Forge have arrived. And they are even more gorgeous than I thought they'd be. 💕
Available 7th May 2026. @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social
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Playing with ideas for a 'Word Hunt' for Pandora's words.
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Wow! We had 4 incredible entries. Maya was one of them with her inspirational poem New Dawn ✨
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👀Visit Kids’ Storyworld link in bio to read more…
PS: I do actually hate those advertisements. I finished by urging Robbie to retire with dignity so that he can look back on his career with 'No Regrets' ... 🤪
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These would make such a brilliant writing stimulus for a story setting. Detailed images of the insides of musical instruments. #writingforpleasure
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Away to bed
but nought I’ll sleep
while my body and soul
your image doth keep
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When your 11yr old goes to their first opera and loves it - and is asked to make notes! Love these so much… 🤣 @garsingtonopera.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social #WritingforPleasure for reference - our yr 6 play is Matilda.
A photo collage showing Gaynor talking to a school assembly and images from the book Pandora and the Story Forge.
A visit to Portgordon Primary School to announce the winners of their writing competition. 😍 Thank you for inviting me.
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Pencil case, a ball of wool, card cut up to make little booklets for writing poems.
All set for my library visit tomorrow. Even my pencil case is well-coordinated! Word Magic poetry writing at Elgin Library. #kidspoetry #PandoraandtheStoryForge #poetrymagic #writingforpleasure
Year 1 have more amazing writing to show! Here are some of their letters to the Headteacher... and the replies! All replies were posted to Year 1 special delivery this morning 😃
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Writing Journals - what a hit! They are desperate to continue with them and have loved personalising the front. I’m excited by all the writing going on - some graphic novels, information pages and fiction- a real variety of creativity! #readingforpleasure #writingforpleasure
The story of Rapunzel. Two versions
Let’s look at writing across the school! We know that writing for a purpose is really motivating for children.
Today’s great writing comes from Y1 who are learning to be storytellers. Tomorrow, we’ll move up the school #writingforpleasure
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I haven’t posted on here much (yet) but trying to spread the word about this. It’s in support of St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature and will be a fabulous opportunity to learn from a master #writingforpleasure #aspiringauthors
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My eldest is now part of the Christmas crew - creating rather than believing - but I love that she insisted we all still write our letters altogether after a tough wk at sch (with special stationary of course! Now they await their collection on the tree! @writingrocks.bsky.social #WritingForPleasure
Being dyslexic, I’ve always been slightly terrified by the thought of creative writing. But after an incredibly inspiring talk at work today from @writingrocks.bsky.social I can really see how important #WritingForPleasure is for kids. We definitely need more class encyclopaedias! 📚
