A circle of children gathering around a shared story.
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Let Me Tell You a Story
Live storytelling sessions in schools and community spaces, bringing books, voices, puppets, questions and wonder to children.
A live story is more than a reading session. It is a room full of voices, questions, laughter, movement and wonder.
Our Let Me Tell You a Story programme brings volunteers into schools and community spaces to share stories with children in a warm, low-pressure way.
Previous storytelling moments
Here is the visual carousel for school and community storytelling moments.
Stories, pictures and props helping children join the telling.
A story can travel through many voices and many languages.
What happens in a session?
Listen
Children settle in with a picture book, a storyteller, and a welcoming invitation to imagine.
Join in
Puppets, rhythm, questions, gestures and repeated phrases make participation easy.
Tell it back
Children can retell, draw, act, ask questions or simply listen again. There is no single correct way to participate.
Five languages
Sessions can be offered in English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The aim is to let children experience the joy of a story in a language that feels familiar and welcoming.
English
Let me tell you a story.
தமிழ்
ஒரு கதை சொல்லட்டுமா?
తెలుగు
ఒక కథ చెప్పనా?
ಕನ್ನಡ
ಒಂದು ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳಲಾ?
മലയാളം
ഒരു കഥ പറയട്ടെ?
Meet our story-reading volunteers
Every volunteer is a storyteller. Profiles of our Storytellers.
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Abigail Aaradhana
School Story Volunteer
Brings expressive read-alouds, picture books and playful questions into school sessions.
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Dilip Selvaraju
Mother-Tongue Storyteller
Helps children hear familiar stories in Tamil, Telugu or Kannada.
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Lenin Vijay
Puppet & Props Volunteer
Uses puppets, paper cut-outs and simple props to make stories interactive.
Would you like to tell a story?
We welcome volunteers who love books, children and the simple magic of a good story.
Become a storyteller