A free story for KS2, made for children aged seven to eleven, to celebrate National Storytelling Week. 

On a wild northern shore, a lonely man spots a group of seal people, their sealskins laid out on the rocks. He takes one and hides it away, and the selkie it belongs to can no longer return to the waves. In time they make a home together and raise a family, yet every evening she gazes out at the water. Then one day her daughter, rummaging somewhere she shouldn’t, finds something she’s never seen before.

This old tale from the islands of Scotland is haunting, tender and beautifully pitched for older listeners who are ready for a story with real depth. It fits right into myths and legends in English, and it’s ready to spark the kind of discussion that fills a whole lesson: about belonging, about choices, and about what we owe the people we love.

Book your free place, and leave a little time afterwards, because your class will have plenty to say.