A new chapter: CIRCLE’s HAVEN Project celebrates Storytelling Week
Children and parents from Circle’s Haven project created a book with the help of children’s author Mike Nicholson last week.
The week-long event (29 July – 2 August) was all part of Haven’s Storytelling Week activities and culminated with a celebration at North Edinburgh Arts when storyteller Claire McNicol read aloud the new book.
Children and parents, guided by Mike, created a narrative for their story by visiting different Edinburgh locations and developed a plot from what they found on their adventures. The result of a visit to Silverknowes was a story about mermaids and pirates, so there were some fantastic ideas!
They then worked with Mike and Haven staff to drawing pictures to feature as illustrations in the new book.
Everyone involved in the project joined to celebrate at North Edinburgh Arts on Friday, where professional storyteller Claire McNicol read aloud the completed book, with help from some volunteers.
So did the pirates and mermaids feature in the finished book? Well, that’s another story!
To see a video of the completed book, visit the CIRCLE Scotland website at:
