Open StoryWorld and you’ll discover the world of storytelling at your fingertips. StoryWorld is 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 to guide and assist – 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.
The storyteller joins 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. The StoryWorld cards suggest a myriad of characters, places and objects to bring into your story. It’s great fun to pick cards at random and make use of the pictures and words on them as inspiration, or you can be more set and choose cards of your choice to create a story. It works every time and is a brilliant way of firing a child’s imagination. Try it...
A sister pack to Quests and Adventures is Faery Magic plus there is an even more sumptuous gift box edition consisting of even more cards than this one provides together with a 76-page hardback book.
Tell the tale of an exciting new quest every time you pick up these cards from StoryWorld. Includes Quests and Adventures: The Storytelling Book, packed with tips, games and ideas.
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:
