Laura Hamm - Fabled

Bureaucrat turned entrepreneur with storytelling platform @fabled_kids. Fabled app, podcast & book #TheFutureIsMakeBelieve.

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

Over 40 young authors. Stories to astound & delight. Writing tips to inspire. All by kids age 2-12. Sublime illustration by @lozives @bowyerjane. ⁠ Lift your spirits. Let these young voices transport you. #thefutureismakebelieve https://t.co/awj04GbreB

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

You find your kids journal lying open & can't resist a read - what happens next? (Also awesome glow in the dark coins...) https://t.co/lxCuv2JQ6o

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

I've started a newsletter - Imaginalia from my squirrel-horde of findings about make believe. Stories, tips, tidbits - general crack for your creative superpowers. A drink-me bottle for the storytellers in your life, big or small. Join here! https://t.co/OdaWCNeDMV

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FASCINATING take: "school kids...use their phones, this technology of efficiency, to escape efficiency, to play" @TheTeacherTom on the pressure & "tedium" of adultified childhood - if a kid brought phones to his playful preschool he doubts it wld be used https://t.co/yhX4ilLcux

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@MrWalkerPrimary @MrEFinch Oh oh oh something in the furrow of her brow, I can feel the impact, I can almost feel the stillness of the class. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Curious - did you / she manage to read the death scene? We felt it coming & my daughter asked me to skip reading the actual words

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@MrWalkerPrimary @MrEFinch Oh I can only imagine the double touching-ness of hearing it read by an engaged child. Lovely.

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@MrEFinch Dory Fantasmagory series. Abby Hanlon was inspired by her own students’ writing. Hands down the funniest charmingest best. I’ve not met a kid who didn’t obsess once read. Not known well enough in UK. Like the book equivalent of what makes the Bluey scripts so beloved.

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@MrWalkerPrimary @MrEFinch Oh Edward Tulane, just read w my 7 year old & we both wept wept - sublime. Just started Flora & Ulysses by her too - totally different & hilarious so far.

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

Just donated to this fantastic @ImaginationLdn to support refugee children - a few days to join !

[Institute of Imagination @ImaginationLdn]

Only a few days left to help us put our Imagination Box - Colours 🌈 into the hands of thousands of children who have been displaced. Thanks to the @ChildhoodTrust 🙌 every £ donated to our campaign until 21June will be⚡️doubled⚡️ https://t.co/tTGqdvpAiv

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@evescoy Oh just a pleasure, what a lovely thing that you love to hear it!

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

Perfect #fathersdaygifts @evescoy #picturebooks

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@evescoy Thank YOU for all the joy you’ve brought us! When we gave this for Father’s Day my eldest inscribed with her pre-schooler scrawl & yesterday she was reading it aloud to her sisters in full theatrical form. Treasures in our shelves.

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

And now the sequel to this marvellous book is in the works! Get kids to submit their questions to @mollyoldfield to get them answered in print!

[Molly Oldfield @mollyoldfield]

Pinch, punch 1st of the month! ☀️

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… also interesting that this is exactly how children approach creativity - opportunistically, fast, delightedly & with whatever tools are to hand. They rarely identify as “creatives” but are the most creative. (Thanks to @huey @Storythings newsletter for great link as ever!)

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“Creativity is a bit like exercise—it’s sometimes best to find small opportunistic ways to include it in your daily routine rather than commit to a large-scale change of lifestyle.” ⁦thinking of what my @ryantomorrow⁩ post-it equivalent will be… https://t.co/Yna7hCKkAn

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@Pollylwh Ok that settles it I would definitely be a fan. You’re right, the texture is the entire problem. Airy nonsense.

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@Pollylwh Ooh I’m not familiar - but by the name I bet it whoops a wotsit

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#onceuponafairytale - by the @oharasisters is a triumph - a you-choose book that inspires real storytelling. Riotous joyful words & illustrations to match the wild beauty of childish imagining. Brilliant! @MacmillanKidsUK

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@sarahdrinkwater @AlisonGopnik @fabled_kids You're in luck then!! And what a book. Weirdness & comfort in equal measure. Reminded me - @Discover_Story & their kid-life-size immersive exhibit space are worldbuilding masters, it was Tiger Who Came To Tea first time I went

[Laura Hamm - Fabled @hammlauralee]

@sarahdrinkwater @AlisonGopnik Also I haven't read it but Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer meant to be v helpful. But I'd go direct to the kids - I share stories on @fabled_kids podcast (overdue an update) & book #thefutureismakebelieve - or just ask any 3+ year old !