Storytelling and Education

Performances

Lesley offers

Fairy stories

• Snow-white and the Seven Dwarves
• Tom Thumb
• The Tinderbox
• Sleeping Beauty
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• Little Red Riding Hood

Anansi Stories

• Anansi and the Sky God
• Anansi and The Turtle
• Anansi and the Magic Pot
• Anansi Gathers up Wisdom

Norse Myths

• The Binding of the Fenris Wolf
• Idun's Magic Apples
• Ymir and the Frost Giants (a creation myth)
• How Loki Stole a Necklace

African Myths

• The Story of The Lightning and Thunder
• Why the Sun and Moon live in the Sky
• The Iroko Man
• Why the Sky is Far Away

Tales from the British Isles

• Kate Crackernuts
• The Fairy Ointment
• The King of the Cats

Celtic Tales

• Oisin and Niamh
• King Cormac's Cup

As well as a selection of other tales from around the world

Tailor-made storytelling programmes

Lesley is happy to tailor programmes to individual schools' special requirements, for example for stories from a particular cultural group, where perhaps this might assist in increasing understanding between children, or around themes which schools feel are particularly relevant to them.