Step Inside Your Fantasy Adventure

For: Key Stage 2; Years 3-6; ages 7-11

This interactive livestreamed event will inspire children to create their own fantasy books in which they are the heroes. Along the way, they'll encounter portals to strange worlds, magical creatures, potions and great adventures. Participants will develop an understanding of key motifs in fantasy fiction, engage in draw-along fun, and view magical treasures from the British Library's collection. With Katie and Kevin Tsang (authors of the Dragon Realm series), Viviane Schwarz and Ben Shires.

What to expect:

• Kevin and Katie will discuss their Dragon Legend series and explore the ingredients of brilliant fantasy fiction.
• Ben will examine dragons, magic spells and potions contained within enchanting historical wonders from the British Library's bookshelves.
• Ben will give examples of classic fantasy fiction from Narnia to Alice.
• Kevin, Katie and Ben will provide creative prompts to get children to start developing ideas for their own fantasy tales.

• Viviane will lead make-alongs and draw-alongs, demonstrating how to create imaginative illustrations for the students' books.

What to bring:

Each child should have a minimum of five sheets of A4 paper and a pencil.

Share your students’ work with us on X @BL_Learning or send via email to childrens.books@bl.uk to enter our prize draw for the chance win a letter from our authors and book tokens for your classroom shelves or school library.

We’d be grateful if you could complete the short questionnaire when signing up to this event. The data you provide helps us:

• shape our programme according to your needs
• understand where our audience is
• gauge how many children will be watching

Please ensure a teacher or school staff member is present in the classroom for the duration of the session.