Storytime

The sheep gazed up at the wide open skies above her. The sun was shining and the clouds drifted by like soft balls of cotton wool. A fly circled around her head, buzzing. She flicked her ears and it flew away. “How marvellous it would be to fly like…

“What could that be? Is it a thunderstorm, or a volcano?” the people in the nearby village wondered. The noise was terrifying! None of them were brave enough to go and see what was causing it, so they decided to ask brave Saint George to investigate.

He dodged around sailors and merchants, beggars in rags and ladies in fancy dresses. Finally, he saw the city's grand harbour in front of him – and a ship was just sailing up to the dock. A crowd had gathered to welcome it, and Marco pushed his way t

Yoonseo is 9 years old and is currently in the 3rd grade at Seisen International School in Tokyo. She moved to Japan six months ago from South Korea. Her favourite subjects are art, music and PE. Congratulations to the runners-up, Sameel Mohammed Kab

Robin and his band have hidden their bows in the forest! Can you spot them all in this picture? Write down how many you found in the circle! Frog-Eyes has put all the cheese wedges he stole in a massive pile! A whole cheese is made of four wedges – s

“We will stay in this new world!” they told one another. They separated into groups and went looking for land to claim as their own. One group of settlers started a town by the banks of a great slow-moving river. They built houses of wood and planted

“I wish you would be polite and help me clean our cottage!” his mother would sigh. When he turned sixteen, his parents decided that he should leave home. “It's time for you to go and earn a living, Son!” his father said. “You might learn the importan

But at night, they would come out of their hidden caves and make mischief! If there was even the smallest crack in the door of a cottage, they would slip inside… Sometimes they stole cheese from the pantry, because that was their favourite food. Or t

“Which animal is the fastest of all?” someone might say. Then, everybody would shout out their opinion. “It is the cheetah!” “You know nothing, it is the African swallow!” “Nonsense, it is the pike who lives in the river!” They would argue for many h

You will need two or three players, a dice, the board on the right and the cards and counters you can download from storytimemagazine.com/free. Print and cut out the cards and counters. Shuffle the cards and place them face down in a pile next to the

“It's so lovely and peaceful!” he thought. “I might have a little nap!” But then he heard a sound. Somebody was walking along the road beneath Robin's tree… The outlaw peered through the leaves. It was a young man – he was wearing a bright red shirt