Happy New Year! As we get ready for another year of creative happenings, here’s our 2024 wrapped 🧡
399 children and their grown-ups joined us at least once to read, sing, play games and make crafts at our weekly Story Box sessions across four community venues.
We hosted six Reading Folk Book Clubs across Liverpool and Knowsley, helping new mums find time to read for pleasure.
Our 2024 Book Club read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, Kala by Colin Walsh, Weyward by Emilia Hart, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, Weirdo by Sara Pascoe, Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, Breakdown by Cathy Sweeney, Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors, Intermezzo by Sally Rooney and finally Think Again by Jacqueline Wilson. Over Christmas, we enjoyed Small Things Like These, ready for our January meet-up.
Over the Spring and Summer, we brought our creative pop-up to community spaces across Liverpool City Region. We were delighted to be part of Knowsley’s first Pride event! We read, played games and made lots of crafts!
In June, we launched the Walton Book Social, in partnership with Walton Vale Community Shop and enjoyed Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart, Trespassers by Louise Kennedy, Kala by Colin Walsh, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
In the summer, we worked with Merseyside Play Action Council to host art workshops at their summer events and made lots of eco-flower pod cups.
We had a Spooktacular October half-term, bringing The Story Box at Hallowe’en to libraries, youth clubs and community centres across the city.
In December, we brought Santa’s Grotto to Warbreck Moor Park. Over 100 children and their grown-ups met Santa, took home a gift and made a Christmas wreath with My Outdoor Classroom.
We were delighted to be part of Spellow Library’s reopening weekend and brought Mrs Claus to celebrate with us!
To end the year, we hosted our magical Christmas Story Box events and were joined by Rachel from Holistic Harmonies to sing and dance our way into the festive period!