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"These are the things I know about imagination, children, voice, and what happens when you stop correcting."

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Why Children's Stories Should Be Written by Children

Why Children's Stories Should Be Written by Childrenby: Kate

Almost every book a child reads was written by an adult. What is lost when a child never sees themselves as the author.

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Why Children's Stories Should Be Written by Children

The Child's Lens Changes Everything

The Child's Lens Changes Everythingby: Kate

Adults who write for children remember. Children who write their own stories know. The difference is everything.

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The Child's Lens Changes Everything

What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary

What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primaryby: Kate

Year 5 children at Beckfoot Allerton Primary Bradford become authors for a day. What they produced and what they said about it.

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What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary

The Book That Made It Onto Times Radio at Cheltenham Literature Festival

The Book That Made It Onto Times Radio at Cheltenham Literature Festivalby: Kate

How a book written on FaceTime during a court-ordered separation made it onto Times Radio at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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The Book That Made It Onto Times Radio at Cheltenham Literature Festival

The Gabriel StoryQuest Collection

Step into Gabriel’s world with the complete collection of adventures, creativity, and imagination.

This collection brings together the full Gabriel experience:

The Adventures of Gabriel

The story that started it all.

The Shadow of Zuff

A journey through mystery, courage, and discovery.

The Thunderbolt of Hindustan

An adventure across new worlds, challenges, and possibilities.

MyStoryQuest Adventure Journal

A space for children to create, imagine, and write their own adventures.

STORYQUEST

StoryQuest gives children the freedom to imagine, speak and be heard without being corrected, guided or rushed. It begins with a story. But what families create together is something much bigger: connection.

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