Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. I was lucky enough to briefly work at the Malvern Festival Of Stories yesterday.and met the lovely Teddy Bear Ladies from the Repair Shop on BBC One.
The Malvern Festival Of Stories is an annual festival for children featuring lots of different author talks, shows and wonderful bookish activities for children. There are even free activities for children including story telling and some wonderful craft activities too.
The Teddy Bear Ladies are a favourite of my daughter’s so I was excited to meet them and tell them how they have sparked her interest in sewing. I wasn’t actually intending to get a photo with me in it but they insisted!
Their children’s book Bartie Bristle is out now and I think would make a perfect Christmas present for children. Find out more about the book below!
Bartie Bristle And Other Stories
Step into the magical world of Bartie Bristle and friends in this stunning treasury written by the Teddy Bear Ladies, Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch, best known as stars of the BBC’s The Repair Shop.
Set in a village in the heart of the Old Woods, the magical world of the teddy bear shop and the heart-warming stories of Bartie and his teddy bear friends will captivate children and parents alike.
Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch are best known as “the Teddy Bear Ladies” on the much-loved BBC show The Repair Shop. But before they joined the repair team in the BBC barn they ran a business restoring soft toys from their shop in a beautiful little village. The shop’s logo featured Julie’s sketch of an adorable bear, which Amanda made into a teddy known as Bartie Bristle.
Julie and Amanda began writing short stories all about Bartie Bristle and the other favourite toys for the children that came to their shop, with Julie reimagined as Mrs T and Amanda as Rose.
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