“Chris’s stories make you feel as if you were in the story yourself.”

Samantha Pattinson, 9, Carr Hill School Gateshead

“A gifted practitioner of the art of storytelling, could have listened all afternoon.”

Gateshead PSLA Early Years Conference

“Cris, I lied yoor sories wil you tel us annarrawun”

5 year old pupil, Newcastle upon Tyne

“I couldn’t tell when it was you talking and when it was the story….eee it was lovely, Thank you.”

Elsie, 75, Search Project Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne

…a little bit of magic.    Northern Echo

Starlight

“You gave the children a real appreciation of the spoken word. Your visit really helped to develop listening skills and gave us some wonderful ideas for things to do on our current project. Please come again!”

Mrs Daisy Thompson. Hawthorn Primary School, Newcastle upon Tyne

“The stories were good and you never got bored, I liked It when you asked us questions and let us join in with the story too. I wish you could come and tell us stories for ever, I know you can’t so we’re going to tell stories to each other instead.”

Helen Coburn, Berwick upon Tweed

Kind words from the pupils of Koc School in Turkey