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The Story Corner Magazine

Our termly magazine provides children with access to high-quality, diverse reading materials. It is designed and distributed to children who might not have a book of their own at home.

Three children are sat on chairs in front of a wall with trees across them on a wallpaper. They are all in uniforms and are reading The Story Corner Magazine with them opened out across their laps.

Welcome to The Story Corner

Bookmark’s magazine, The Story Corner, is packed full of stories and activities to prevent learning loss outside school settings and spark the joy of reading.

With one in five children ages 5 – 10, not owning a book at home, The Story Corner magazine is something children can keep for themselves and take home.

What’s the story?

Almost a million copies of The Story Corner magazine have been given to children through schools and community settings including food banks, warm banks, prisons, hospitals and refuges. The magazine is produced three times a year in time for the school holidays.

About The Story Corner Magazine

  • 447,600

    The Story Corner magazines distributed in 2023/​24

  • Over 2 million

    copies aimed to be delivered by the end of 2027

  • 725,000

    copies distributed in total so far between 2020 – 2024

It’s well laid out and well pitched to the age range. It is accessible to those even with poor reading ability – there’s something in the magazine for all pupils to enjoy.

Teacher commenting on our termly magazine

The Story Corner Competition

Each issue has an exclusive competition for readers to take part in. From designing your own postcard to drawing a celebration, each competition winner receives a book bundle and their artwork is displayed on our website too.

This fun activity is a brilliant way for children to get involved and get creative.

Our latest competition winners

Congratulations to Naba, age 5, for winning The Story Corner ​‘design an outfit that shows who you are’ competition in Issue 9! Check out Naba’s brilliant entry as well as our runners up Poppy and Ailish.

Top tips for storytelling

We’ve put together some videos with top tips on how you can use Early Years The Story Corner magazine.

Reading wordless stories

The video below shows how you could explore a story without any words with your child, using one of the stories inside The Story Corner magazine.

Storytelling

Discover some examples of how to engage children in storytelling using questions and statements.

The Story Corner magazines are amazing! The cover on the latest issue was beautiful. They are used during parent library sessions, given out to the school reading ambassadors as well as displayed in the library and around school. The Year 5 children were all also given a copy each to take home. The children love it, the staff love it and the parents love it!

Teacher from Percy Shurmer Primary School, Birmingham

Become a partner school

Find out more about what’s involved and how you’ll be supported. 

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