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Author visits for primary schools
Inspiring children to read, write and discover that everyone has a story worth telling.
Author visits, creative writing workshops, bespoke school story projects, and the aquatic animals that inspire my stories.
Three ways to bring stories to life
Choose your school experience
Start with relaxed storytime, build your pupils' creative confidence, or work towards a published school story.
Chilled listening
Storytime
Settle in for an engaging story session, meet a real author, and ask questions.Explore experience
Writer or illustrator?
Story Builders
Develop ideas, create characters, and give every pupil a way to tell their story.Explore experience
Become published
The Story Partnership
Create a professionally printed book together through a series of visits, with pupils shaping the story and contributing artwork.Explore experience
Teacher-led alternatives
Bring the experience into your classroom
Lead Storytime, Story Builders, or a collaborative school-story project at a time that suits your class. Each teacher-led pack includes a physical copy of Ria the Anxious Hermit Crab, sent to your school by post.
Teacher-led resource pack
Storytime
A flexible classroom resource that brings storytime and author insight into the classroom without the need for a school visit.Explore resource
Teacher-led resource pack
Story Builders Workshop
A practical classroom resource that helps children understand how stories are structured and how they can create their own.Explore resource
Teacher-led resource pack
Our School Story Project
A collaborative classroom project in which pupils contribute illustrations and ideas for a bespoke picture book.Explore resource
The book series
Emotion in the Ocean
Alongside Ria the Anxious Hermit Crab, Christopher is developing the Emotion in the Ocean series: children's stories inspired by aquatic life that explore big feelings, kindness, resilience, belonging, and environmental conservation.
Published book
Ria the Anxious Hermit Crab
A heart-warming story about finding the courage to come out of your shell and embrace the world around you.
Emotion in the Ocean
Works in progress
These aquatic stories are still taking shape—and Christopher would love to work with schools to help bring them to life alongside budding young writers and up-and-coming illustrators.
Tuftsie the Little Octopus
A story about celebrating differences and promoting self-confidence.
Artwork coming soon
Mira the Blue Stripe Snapper
A story about understanding neurodivergence.
Kuda the Seahorse
A story about loss and grief.
Elia the Jellyfish
A story about friendship and helping each other.
