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Open Right

Yves Stening: Reading + Principles of Storytelling

Session Info:

Yves reads one of his books and asks the children questions about their favourite parts of the stories, the food in the stories and the food they like best.

Asks the children about their writing.

Takes the children through a slide show depicting how he and Nigel created the characters and stories for Dinner Detectives.

Discusses with children the essential elements all stories must have.

Topics covered:

  • travelling back in time
  • Stories within stories
  • Food in the stories
  • Food they have tried/cooked
  • The Creative Journey
  • Creating your own stories

Essential elements of all good stories