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Welcome to Snail Tales — the place to visit for stories that stay with you! We are a team of oral storytellers who share the power of story that has entranced audiences since the dawn of speech. Our tellers are the face of the Oxford Reading Tree. To find out more, click the links below...

  

The Stench of Victory

31st July 2012
The audience at Kings Hill Community Centre seemed incredibly excited to see us, and eagerly told us their favourite moments at the end — which included creating a brand new fairy tale with a very smelly rescue!

Three Dragons & a Dog

30th July 2012
What a fab audience we met when we arrived in Oxford! Their video feedback makes it very clear which character was the star of the show — but their story of the Three Dragons had everyone shaking with laughter...

Headless & Hopeless

29th July 2012
In Winchester, our charming audience craft the story of a scary but foolish headless horseman, whilst making some of the best thingies we've seen throughout our tour so far — including a musical one!

Voyage to the Pacific

27th July 2012
The Walsall audience for our Crazy Bird Tour help a prince find and recover his stolen parents, the king and queen — a quest which takes him all the way to a Pacific island to face the Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Nasty Man...!

Teleporting Hats!

26th July 2012
Chip and David appeared on BBC Radio Solent today to talk about our Crazy Bird Tour... and were challenged to make up a story on the spot! Click here to listen to how they got on...

The Magic Stripe

25th July 2012
Next our Crazy Bird Tour takes us to Chester, where a delightful audience create the tale of a tiger with a magic stripe — and give great feedback to Chip's camera phone!

A 2-Headed Ostrich

24th July 2012
The first stop on our Crazy Bird Tour is the Great Asby Village Hall in Cumbria, where the audience help us tell a story about a rare two-headed ostrich who needs cheering up from Santa...!

Should we be award-winning?

19th July
Ever watched a Snail Tales storyteller and thought, "That storyteller deserves a medal..."? Well, now you can help us get one with the British Awards for Storytelling Excellence!

The Witch's Horse

18th July 2012
Read the story created by Chip live on air for BBC Radio Cumbria, and check out our competition to win free tickets to a performance of A Bird In Your Ear...!

New Cumbrian fairy tale tomorrow!

17th July 2012
Listeners of the Kevin Fernihough show on BBC Cumbria will have a chance to get our Crazy Bird Tour off to the perfect start by making suggestions for a brand new fairy tale to be created live on air!

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