Category: The Noisy Children’s Library

Welcome to the Noisy Children’s Library. You can start exploring our different stories below. Whether its wildlife, big adventures or friendship, we hope you find a story that you love and maybe even find inspiration to tell a story of your own.

11-14 year olds, 8-11 year olds, History, History, New Writing, The Noisy Library

In Your Hand, George’s Bed

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To celebrate the Manchester Shipping Canal in Warrington, let us  go back in history and introduce you to local lad George Clayton. Here his wife comforts him on his deathbed and tells the story of his life.

Born to a farm hand in Woolston, George had many jobs from working the plough, serving in the 5th Royal Dragoons in Afghanistan and as a navvy building the Manchester Shipping Canal. He had two children, Frederick and Elizabeth and lived in a 2 bed dwelling on Church Street. At age 42, he died  on New Years Eve 1895 from multiple illnesses including tuberculosis. Illnesses that were bought on through a life of hard graft and poor living conditions.

11-14 year olds, New Writing, Poetry, The Noisy Library, Young Adult

Daniel by Day by Culture Warrington Young Producers

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What if our clothes could talk, what would they say? Flick went into work with the Culture Warrington Young Producer’s and played with this idea. The words were written by the group and the video uses there artwork. They picked a tie, crafted the character if Daniel and then wrote the words in this piece.

Go Wild, The Noisy Children's Library

Wild Wonder – Woodlouse

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Wild Wonder is a podcast for families where we explore the outdoors and share stories about what we discover. We curate the podcast involving our children as we believe that if children hear others speaking, it makes them feel powerful with their own voice

Get comfy, sit back and listen

Episode Four – Woodlouse

Woodsow and Leafty were siblings, brother and sister, part of a huge family of Woodlice. They weren’t far from a river so their land would be damp even in the summer, ideal for Woodlice to thrive all year round.  But one spring the family were warned about a huge colony of strangers who had moved close by and were taking much of their usual supplies of food. The siblings, Woodsow and Leafty, offered to go to the strangers and see if they could find a peaceful solution… An original folktale written, performed & produced by Tom Barry

Wild Wonder E4 Woodlouse – The Noisy Children's Library by Story Stitchers

Wild Wonder Field Guide

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Go Wild, The Noisy Children's Library

Wild Wonder Jackdaw

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Wild Wonder is a podcast for families where we explore the outdoors and share stories about what we discover. We curate the podcast involving our children as we believe that if children hear others speaking, it makes them feel powerful with their own voice

Get comfy, sit back and listen

Episode Three – The Jackdaw

The Jackdaw was a black plain bird with small white eyes and a grey hood. He would hang around looking for opportunities to take little treasures back to his nest.
One day the king called a competition. He wanted to design a new flag where the kingdom’s best bird would be at the centre. Jackdaw desperately wanted to win and told his friend Magpie about his plan to compete for the position on the King’s flag. Magpie thought the whole thing was silly. Jackdaw sang and entertained the king all the time with Jester Jack, he didn’t need to be on any flag! An adapted folktale written, performed & produced by Felicity Goodman

Wild Wonder E3 Jackdaw – The Noisy Children's Library by Story Stitchers

Wild Wonder Field Guide

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Go Wild, The Noisy Children's Library

Wild Wonder The Beech & The Oak

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Wild Wonder is a podcast for families where we explore the outdoors and share stories about what we discover. We curate the podcast involving our children as we believe that if children hear others speaking, it makes them feel powerful with their own voice

Get comfy, sit back and listen

Episode Two – The Beech & The Oak

A kingdom of land & rivers and a kingdom by the sea have great rulers who marry and everyone thrives. When their sons take over everything changes and important lessons are forgotten. Will their parents’ sacrifices and strength be remembered before it is too late for both kingdoms? An original folktale written by Felicity Goodman (co-founder of stitch), based on the ancient tribes of Cornwall and the South West of modern England. Performed & produced by Tom Barry.

Wild Wonder E2 The Beech and The Oak – The Noisy Children's Library by Story Stitchers

Wild Wonder Field Guide

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Wild Wonder – Dandelion

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Wild Wonder is a podcast for families where we explore the outdoors and share stories about what we discover. We curate the podcast involving our children as we believe that if children hear others speaking, it makes them feel powerful with their own voice

Get comfy, sit back and listen

Episode 1 – Dandelion

Dandelion swayed in the wind. Her puffball head rocking side to side with a big gust of wind and exploded the seed ball like a firework in the nighttime sky… Her path to brilliance begins back in the time and fairies were to be found everywhere
The favourite of all the fairies was the flower fairy. Her job was to seek out new flowers for everyone to enjoy and keep the flowers happy. Her name was Beatrice… An original folktale written, performed & produced by Felicity Goodman

Wild Wonder E1 Dandelion – The Noisy Children's Library by Story Stitchers

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11-14 year olds, Go Wild, New Writing, storytime, The Noisy Children's Library, The Noisy Library

Belong- The Song of the Selkie’s Child

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When you father steals your mother’s seal skin, and you know the right thing is to let her go. The Selkie’s child comes to her mother and pledges to help her find her seal skin, even if it means losing her mother to the sea.

An animated song by Flick Goodman http://www.felicitygoodman.com