Category: 8-11 year olds

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

In Your Hand, George’s Bed

Flick

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.

8-11 year olds, New Writing, The Noisy Children's Library, The Noisy Library

Gretel’s Utopia

Flick

If you could build a better world what would it look like?

Gretel wants to live in a better world. She dreams of her perfect place -a Utopia to hope for. This piece of spoken word by Flick Goodman incorporating song, was inspired by ideas gathered in workshops gather with children and their families over 2022.

You can find out more about Flick Goodman and her work here: http://www.felicitygoodman.co.uk

8-11 year olds, New Writing, Story Circle, The Noisy Children's Library, The Noisy Library

Red: A Dystopian Fairy Tale

Flick

A retelling of a tale you already know for everyone over the age of 8.

Informed by ideas gathered in workshops with young people and children, Red: A Dystopian Fairy Tale by Flick Goodman is a spoken word piece about an imagined futuristic world ruled by a totalitarian regime known as Mother.

You can learn more about Flick Goodman’s work here: http://www.felicitygoodman.com