Lollipop Stew

The stolen lollipop stew

and other misdaventures

Summer Reading Challenge in Leicestershire Libraries

we started with drawings

would you trust this travel agent?

My workshops for Leicestershire Libraries Summer Reading Challenge continued into more libraries and even stranger stories….(wander perilously here to encoutner earlier adventures) I don’t think activities need any more description than the following moments of words and pictures (the two do not necessarily coincide!)

“Let me sell you a holiday”,
Said the 20 fingered travel agent,
“A flying carpet, Granny,
For you and your cat and the book mouse
And Gogo the dog” and in the desert
A grumpy camel
Pursued by velociraptors on another holiday from long ago.

the Joker looking for a new naughty crew

The lollipop stew was stolen,
But the thief was chased down the street,
By a hungry giraffe
And an out of control sheep
And a desparate sheep-girl.
The stew slopped out of its bowl and everyone , even the cheetah, was sticky
Until Maggie, our Mum,
Came up with her elephant and showered everyone clean.

competition for places on The Joker's crew

The stomping monster stomped,
A stomping dance,
She stomped, he stomped, we all stomped together,
Stomping down the street,
Stomping through the forest,
Through the jungle,
Over the grass,
Up the mountain,
Stomping, stomping, stomping all the way….

These are the stories we were never told,
These are the books we’ve never read,
These are the adventures we’re waiting to have.

a mermaid, there was one who sneakily gave people seaweed wigs

Scribblemonsters and
Lily the Slug Girl and 
Mr Mischiloos (and the witch with the green hair) and his cousin
Mistroo the Magician.
A volcano erupts cold pumpkin soup.
And a giant snail with giant slime.
There are snakes.

a mischievous girl

There was a purple mouse in a
Purple house at the top of a
Purple tree with a lot of
Purple bees making
Purple honey

In an ordinary house on an ordinary street lived an
Extraordinary girl with an orange dog with a red tummy

the velociraptors got a bad holiday deal as well

 The King’s orange cat likes licking
Armour and icing sugar
And the kings legs and just about anything

a cat and her book-mouse

With many thanks to all the artists, puppeteers, storytellers and staff of 

Shepshed, Glenfield, Blaby, Lutterworth and Earl Shilton libraries

Thanks for all your enthusiasm, drawings, makings and wild imaginings 

and my apologies for not managing to post pictures of

everyone's puppets or pieces from all the stories!

a snake in sunglasses, SRC 2018

Mischief Makers

workshops in Leicestershire libraries, 2018

Who would you make?

What mischief would you brew?

What terrible tale would you tell?

Would it be true?

he went looking for 

ice cream and lollies

This year, as part of the Summer Reading Challenge,  I am doing a series of puppet and story workshops for Leicestershire Libraries. The following moments of naughtiness and trouble have grown out of visits to the first 3 of the libraries….see the foot of this post for the next sessions…

Who have we been making?

There are lots of ideas in our witch’s cauldron of mischief and a list of naughtinesses that sounds like a spell for delightful trouble….

Tricking,

Tying,

Throwing,

Taping,

Slapping the custard in someone’s face.

the soldier who tried to help

Juice that isn’t,

And knotted shoelaces

Salt in the sugarbowl,

A snake in sunglasses.

We’ll glue you to a table

Balance an apple on your head

Tape you to a wall

Put a spider in your bed!

Worms in the spaghetti,

Beetles on the pizza,

Crickets in the peanuts,

Watch your dinner slime away.

 

look out! Here comes Godzilla!

In our library, you might find

A cockroach in a book or

Books tied together or

A jack-in-a-book exploding while

A boy hides behind the shelves.

There might be

Slugs in a soap dish,

Tadpoles in the soup,

Jelly in your pockets,

And slime in your shoes.

Tripping up children

As they run down the street,

From the dinosaur costume,

With its sharp, plastic teeth.

on our street....

On our street

There is a tree that drops sausages on your head,

A greedy ladybird stealing ladybird spots,

To stick on your face.

There is a girl who steals toys,

And a boy drinking juice as he speeds by on  a skateboard.

On our street

There is horse poo just where you wouldn’t expect it

And a king setting out to trick everyone.

And her?

O, her!

She steals the presents,

And eats the cake,

Throws the pies and

Releases the snake.

don't trust that lovely smile!

Our next sessions are:

Thursday 9^th August: 

• Shepshed Library 10.3 0 – 12,
• Ashby Library, 2 – 3.30

Friday 10^th August: 

• Glenfield Library, 10.30 – 12
• Blaby, 2 – 3.30

Monday 13^th: 

• Lutterworth Library 10.30 – 12
• Earl Shilton, 2 – 3.30

Contact libraries for more details and bookings

| www.leicestershire.gov.uk/libraries

With many thanks to the puppeteers, storytellers, staff, parents 

and mischief-makers of  Broughton Astley, 

Birstall and Syston libraries

 

Dennis, the mini-menace

Mischief and a bit of naughtiness

Terrible naughtiness

Making mischievious mischief makers

Who would you make?

What mischief would you brew?

What terrible tale would you tell?

Would it be true?

Summer holiday events with

 Leicestershire Libraries 

 

ancient mischief was often caused by crows and ravens

Cobweb, who dribbles...

From tying shoelaces together to inviting trolls to live in the ‘fridge

This stick down your back might be a scorpion….

Shampooing with glue

Haunting a wardrobe

Or leaving clockwork teeth under the bed

…there’s always a monster under the bed, can’t you hear its teeth chattering?

Who would you make?

What would they do?

In August, I am doing sessions in 9 Leicestershire libraries, taking Reading Challenge ideas and helping people create their own mischief makers. You might make a puppet of your favourite naughty character from a book, or you might invent a whole new someone...or something...no-one else has met before. 

"Hallo, I'm really very nice. Sometimes..."

Join me for sessions of storytelling naughtiness. We’ll share wild ideas and terrible people and then make them as quick puppets and perofrm their mischief in instant, improvised puppet shows

The crow who would, the rook who could, the raven who wouldn't, the magpie who DID!

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge celebrates the 80^th anniversary of The Beano with its famous mischief makers Dennis, Gnasher and their friends. Follow the link to find out more about the Challenge and sign up at your own library to become part of a nation of mischief-makers!

Leicestershire Libraries: all events need booking. Call the relevant library to book a place or visit the Leicestershire Libraries page on facebook

Date, August	Library		Tel number to book a place	Time
Friday  3rd	Broughton Astley		Main Street, Broughton Astley, Leics, LE9 6RD 0116 3053553	10.30-12.00
Tuesday 7th	Birstall		Wanlip Ln, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4JU 0116 305 8756	10.30-12.00
	Syston	Upper Church St, Syston LE7 1HR 0116 305 3500		2.00-3.30pm
Thursday 9th	Shepshed		Hall Croft, Shepshed LE12 9AN 0116 305 3678	10.30-12.00
	Ashby		Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 1HU 0116 305 5917	2-3.30pm
Friday 10th	Glenfield		Sandown Court, Station Rd, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8BT 0116 305 3591	10.30am-12.00
	Blaby		Lutterworth Rd, Blaby LE8 4DW 0116 305 3516	2.00pm-3.30pm
Monday 13th	Earl shilton		Wood St, Earl Shilton, Leicester LE9 7NE Tel 0116 305 8392	2.00-3.30pm
	Lutterworth		George St, Lutterworth LE17 4ED 0116 305 3619	10.30-12.00