The Story Corner
ISSUE 9 OF THE magazine for 5-10 year olds from bookmark
Magazine designed by Sarah Harrison Illustration for Bookmark, with special thanks to all our contributors*
Welcome to our magazine, The Story Corner! It’s packed full of stories, activities and games so that children on our programme and beyond can continue to enjoy reading over their break.
We recommend that you read The Story Corner in ‘full screen’ mode, or if you prefer, you can download a copy here.
We have also distributed over 582,000 copies of the magazine to children at schools, food banks, pupil referral units and children’s hospitals across the country to take home and enjoy.
‘DESIGN AN OUTFIT THAT SHOWS WHO YOU ARE’ competition
Please note, that this competition will end on Friday 10 May
Drawing competition winner
Congratulations to Georgia, age 9, for winning The Story Corner ‘draw your own celebration’ competition in Issue 8! Check out Georgia's brilliant entry as well as our runners up Stanley and Connie.
Previous Issues
download our activities and answer sheets from previous issues
*Accompanying Credits
Content Curated by Bookmark, editorial and design changes have been made for The Story Corner format and readership
Front cover artwork by Sarah Harrison Illustration © 2024 for Bookmark.
Contributors, a special thanks to:
Foreword by Dr Alex George (Hachette Children’s)
Lara the Yellow Ladybird, illustrated by Catherine Holtzhausen, written by Martha Evans, designed by Nadene Kriel, edited by Ester Levinrad, published by Book Dash 2016, under a CC BY 4.0 license
Identity (from The Little Book of Words That Matter) written by Joanne Ruelos Diaz, Illustrated by Annelies Draws, published by Magic Cat Publishing © 2023
A Gruffalo party! (colouring page) The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999, 2024, Macmillan Children’s Books
How To Be Kind by John ‘The Planetwalker’ Francis, illustrations by Josy Bloggs. originally featured in Britannica’s What on Earth! Magazine
Rex, the Fearful T-Rex (from Little Dinosaurs, Big Feelings) written by Swapna Haddow, illustrations by Yiting Lee, Published by Magic Cat Publishing © 2024
How the World Shapes You (from All Bodies Are Wonderful) written by inclusion & equality consultant Beth Cox, illustrated by Samantha Meredith published by b small © 2023
How to draw Frank, the Unicorn Alpaca, written by Gavin Puckett, illustrations by India Joseph, published by Faber © 2024
Finding Your Voice (a poem from Courage Out Loud) written by Joseph Coelho, Illustrations by Daniel Gray-Barnett, published by Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group © 2023
The Joy of Story Hunting (from A Year of Black Joy) illustration by Jade Orlando, text by John McWhorter, curation by Jamia Wilson, published by Magic Cat Publishing © 2023
We Are A Circus written by Nasta, illustrated by Rosie Fencott, published by The Emma Press © 2023
Sight & Sound/Super-fast & Flying (from See What I Can Do) written by John Roberts, illustrated by Hannah Rounding, published by Graffeg © 2021
Drawing Competition inspired by The Dress in the Window, written by Robert Tregoning, illustrated by Pippa Curnick, published by Oxford University Press 2023
Drawing Competition, book bundle prizes thanks to: The Elephant’s Trunk (Personalised Children’s Book), Magic Cat (A Year of Black Joy, The Little Book of Words That Matter, Little Dinosaurs, Big Feelings), b small (All Bodies Are Wonderful), Quarto (Courage Out Loud), Graffeg (Lilly & Myles: The Torch), The Emma Press (My Sneezes Are Perfect)
Affirmations, character illustrations by Annelies Draws, Catherine Holtzhausen, Hannah Rounding, India Joseph, Rosie Fencott, Yiting Lee
The Story Corner editor-in-chief, Karen Royle-Cross. Layout (re)design, Sarah Harrison. Special thanks to Lauren Whateley, Jo Mawer & the Bookmark team.
Printed in the UK on carbon-captured paper, by Kall Kwik