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Sara Stanley

@saralstan.bsky.social

Author of Carnegie nominated One-Button and the Sea. School workshops & events, enquiry based literacy & philosophical play UK & SA. πŸ’• Also have a life where music, family & stories matter.

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Our very own @saralstan.bsky.social will be at the @writerscentre.bsky.social in Norwich on Sunday for an immersive storytelling event for One Button and the Sea as part of their #RefugeeWeek activities πŸ‘‡πŸŒŠ

13.06.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FREE family drop in workshops all #Easter at the National Centre for Writing in #Norwich. Join me on Monday 7th April for an immersive storytelling & philosophical play session #schoolholiday

05.04.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FREE family drop in workshops all #Easter at the National Centre for Writing in #Norwich. Join me on Monday 7th April for an immersive storytelling & philosophical play session #schoolholiday

05.04.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely video sent to me by one of the teachers at a township crèche where we have been sharing creative literacy planning around books . @scallywagpress.bsky.social @vivschwarz.bsky.social
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04.04.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today in masiphumele we carried on working with One-Button and the Sea and the theme of pulling together after a storm physically and emotionally. Lots of language & discussion as we re - created scenes from the book & our playing at being in a storm #storypower #community #Edusky

01.04.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today in masiphumele we carried on working with One-Button and the Sea and the theme of pulling together after a storm physically and emotionally. Lots of language & discussion as we re - created scenes from the book & our playing at being in a storm #storypower #community #Edusky

01.04.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this idea

29.03.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doing a book reading at Exclusive books at V&A Waterfront this morning so of course I have woken up to a mosquito bite on my eyelid . Writers are supposed to look ummm , interesting right?

29.03.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seascapes , paperboats and stories of storms from children in Masiphumele today @scallywagpress.bsky.social

18.03.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It can’t possibly be him as this one is patterned but he must be a very close relative, probably made at the same time from the same pattern. He has had many repairs & stitches & lots of love. And now he’s all scrubbed up clean again & will be coming back to the UK for my granddaughter to love

20.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I immediately took a photo and sent to my mum who said β€œPinky Pig β€œ !!! As soon as I held him I could remember the feel of his overstuffed body and the one tiny patch of fur that I hadn’t rubbed off . It’s so visceral

20.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reassured me he had only gone travelling . And today I was in a charity shop here in Cape Town and felt a strong pull to go to the far end of the shop and look up . And there on a shelf, too high for a child to see, look what I found!!

20.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today the universe reconnected in a tiny way. When I was born my godmother gifted me a small plump sheepskin pig from South Africa where she still lives. Pinky pig was lost at sea on an overnight ferry to France when I was 7 or 8 & it was, as you’d expect, heartbreaking. But my mum 1/2

20.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seascapes , paperboats and stories of storms from children in Masiphumele today @scallywagpress.bsky.social

18.03.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My favourite photo from todays session with the children, it captures the excitement and colours of #play #AntonLebowskiEducationalTrust

15.03.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is One-Buttons first ever #WBD and he’s off on a Cape Town adventure. Really enjoyed yesterdays book event at Moorlands Primary , taking lots of the children’s brilliant empathic thinking to share with others #uprooted. Thanks for having us @jonnybid

06.03.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me in a free picturebook based storywriting creative #family day at Dragon hall #Norwich with the Norwich centre for Writing this Sunday. No need to book - just turn up anytime between 11.30 and 2.30

21.02.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seen them three times in Berlin -all amazing .Pompeii amphitheatre this July ,can’t wait & hopefully no injuries

17.02.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But why are everyone else’s injuries so cool ? My only gig related injury was horrendous heel blisters from new boots walking to a Nick cave concert in Berlin

12.02.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s definitely cooler πŸ˜‚

12.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly that !! πŸ˜‚

12.02.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be delivering a copy of my debut #picturebook to my old college library in Cambridge tomorrow #Homerton

12.02.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most ridiculous injury this week? I’ll start … fracturing my sternum leaning over a sofa to stroke a cat

12.02.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Big Congrats to the #Carnegie longlisted authors & illustrators. So proud of Viv Schwarz,the illustrator of our picturebook for her initial nomination & although this journey has ended I want to say a very big thank you to the wonderful librarians who do such a wonderful & difficult job 🀩

12.02.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open for summer term bookings #edusky #reading #thinking Education

06.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s all about the vintage today and do let me know if you were a haircut 100 fan

11.02.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grandson F is having a Shakespeare day at school today and this is the message I got from him to accompany the photo of his costume

07.02.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open for summer term bookings #edusky #reading #thinking Education

06.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An unexpected joy to come across this beauty today

05.02.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well that’s a good start to a Friday #NickCave

31.01.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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