Here's our online journal of what our storytellers have been up to! Click here for the contents, or visit our news headlines.
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"Bazaar" Stories near Norwich...!
16th November 2012
Children who made up stories in Little Birds workshops at Rackheath Primary School performed to their eager grown-ups at several "market stalls" erected around their school, in an idea inspired by the magical market city of Marrakesh... -
Nearly hacked at Hackthorn!
5th October 2012
Chip hung for dear life to a tree on a quest for a magic book, while man-eating squirrels prepared to attack... but pupils at Hackthorn were there to save him! Hear about this, and some of the other stories created by this week's Little Birds at Hackthorn and Welton...! -
Tales for Future Olympians
19th August 2012
Our storyteller Chip spent a whole week at the RAF Museum in London sharing stories from Ancient Greece, in celebration of the London Olympics 2012. Click here for some of the stories and the games we played! -
1,440 miles!
3rd August 2012
Our Crazy Bird Tour of 9 performances in 2 weeks from Cumbria to Somerset is finally over. But it's not the end for the show — or the stories... -
Bird Bowels & Dog Noses
2nd August 2012
The penultimate day of our Crazy Bird Tour is frantic but hugely enjoyable, mostly thanks to the volunteers and audiences who joined us at two village halls in Dorset! -
How the M5 got its name...!
1st August 2012
As part of our Crazy Bird Tour, BBC Somerset challenge us to make up a story live on air including such diverse elements as cheese, the M5, and Glastonbury Festival! -
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...! -
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...! -
A fresh forest
15th July 2012
In preparation for our Crazy Bird Tour, that kicks off next week, the magical Snail Tales design team have been giving our enchanted forest a make-over...! -
Ria wins gore for her school!
9th July 2012
Ria from Year 2 was one of the winners in the National Literacy Trust Reading Challenge for 2012, and chose our storyteller to visit her school and tell a gory Ancient Egyptian myth! -
Room To Read
20th June 2012
Chip and Pythagoras shared stories with a group of enthusiastic kids holding a book-swap in Chelsea to raise funds for Asian and African reading projects...