It’s a question that four socially minded local entrepreneurs are inviting you and your children to explore on 26th October at 6pm, to celebrate the opening of the Bear Bookshop at 588 Bearwood Road, a children’s bookshop focused on fostering a love of reading, storytelling and community.
To celebrate the opening of Bear Bookshop, owner Jenny McAnn has invited Sally from Bearwood Community Hub, Amy from #RadicalChildcare and Romany from the forthcoming Bearwood Road playroom The Magic Garden, to share their ideas, hear your views and - MOST IMPORTANTLY - hear story ideas from Bearwood children. Jenny tells us more below and sets a challenge for every child in Bearwood!
We are all incredibly proud of our community and all of the parents I speak to agree that this is a wonderful place to bring up children, with plenty of green space, good schools and regular events and activities aimed at children. With the addition of Bear Bookshop and the Magic Garden, the work of the Bearwood community hub and the radical childcare movement, this is a fabulous opportunity to evolve our community for our children.
On the 26th October, at 6pm. Bear Bookshop will be hosting a live event with myself, Romany from the Magic Garden, Sally from the Bearwood Community Hub and Amy from the Radical Childcare Project. We will be discussing our businesses, our plans and what we want to bring to Bearwood. To be part of the discussion, comment on any of the social media pages or use the hashtag #bestplace.
We would also love to hear what your children think and are asking them to write their own story about a wonderful place for children to live. Please take a look at the suggestions below and get writing! There will be a post box outside our new shop at 588 Bearwood Road for you to post your stories (please wave hello as we make our final preparations for opening!) or you can email them to me at Jenny@bearbookshop.co.uk
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR STORY
You can use the following story frame to write a section, or a whole story-it’s entirely up to you.
Please add illustrations and the final story will be shared in the live event on the 26th.
Once upon a time there was a magical place called Bearwood. It was full of….
All the children of Bearwood loved to….
One day, they all had to stay at home. They could not go to school, or to the park. They felt
And what the children wanted more than ever were places where they could…
And when these places came, they felt…
We can’t wait to see how the #bestplace stories turn out!
We LOVE Jenny’s bookshop logo!