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What the kids think . . .

I've never had so many wonderful letters as those I received from Instow Community Primary School.

"We really enjoyed your visit! You have inspired the adventurous spirit in many of our children. We are thoroughly enjoying Wild Life - we are going to try to write a biography for Bear Grylls in a similar 'informal' style. You have covered many areas of our English grammar curriculum in the book and it has been brilliant for helping us cover aspects of our writing."

Mrs Briony Tuohey, Trinity Cl 5 Teacher, Literacy.

Huddersfield Literature Festival, 2022

"Leisa recently bought her ‘Adventures Around Our Blue and Green Planet’ to our festival. The session was entertaining and inspiring. Leisa’s enthusiasm for the subject was evident and resulted in a fabulously interactive session that engaged both children and adults. Leisa was very generous with her time, staying to chat to children and sign books for them. All in all, it was a wonderful session and I hope we will be able to welcome her back in the future!"

Julia, Festival Manager

Wild Life Bookshop Event

Leisa was absolutely brilliant at our event! She came in full flamingo costume, brought cakes with David Attenborough's face on them, and entertained the children with storytime and a craft activity. The whole event was completely interactive and there were hoots of laughter from children and adults alike. I would thoroughly recommend hosting Leisa, she is a consummate professional.

Chantal Farquhar, Manager the Little Bookshop Cookham

The Maidenhead Big Read 2022

"Leisa put on two wonderful sessions for us. They were perfectly pitched for the children, who responded very enthusiastically - there was no shortage of eager volunteers to join in! The sessions were very interactive and sensory, feeding the children's imaginations and transporting them to the slopes of Everest. The costumes were a lot of fun and both the adults and the children came away having learnt a lot. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Leisa's engaging and inspiring sessions."
Tessa Allanson, Maidenhead's Big Read

Griffin House School - World Book Day 2022

"We were delighted to welcome Leisa to Griffin House school during our book week celebrations. Her enthusiasm, energy and passion for writing was clear to see and inspired our whole school community. Leisa provided engaging, interactive workshops for Reception to Year 6. Her books are simply stunning, and each provide an important message for our future generations. I can't recommend Leisa highly enough! She is an inspiration to us all and we look forward to welcoming her back to future events at Griffin House."

Mrs White, Deputy Head Teacher

Ducklington School - Homeschooling Support 2021

"What a sharktastic day the children in Y2 at Ducklington Primary School had. As part of their science and geography home learning about ocean habitats and why the ocean is so important to us all, children visited the website of their book penpal Leisa Stewart-Sharpe and tried out some of her fun activities. Many were tempted by the dangerous look of the toilet roll shark; some made the scuttling crab and they had fun answering the ocean themed riddles and collecting the treasure from around their home. One child, in true Leisa style, dressed as a shark too! The children then wrote to Leisa, telling her about their learning and asked her some interesting questions about the ocean. Thank you so much to Leisa for her inspired makes and helping make a day of home learning fun. We can't wait to read the Blue Planet ll book once we are all back in the classroom."

Jenny Woodford,
Year 2 Teacher

Holy Trinity Cookham, World Book Day 2022

"Leisa was an absolute hit with all the children when she came as guest speaker to our Book Week event. Her environmental message was shared in such a way that all understood and embraced it. She has a wonderful way of connecting with the pupils and her energy and enthusiasm kept all engaged. Her approach differed from class to class depending on the age of the children, with her dressing up for some, providing hands on activities for others, and always including humour which ensured her audience travelled with her on the journey across the world. Her books, as well as being an enormous source of information are beautifully illustrated. We were thrilled to welcome her and delighted with the reception she received from everyone."

Anna Smith, Headteacher

Griffin House School

"Blue Planet II is certainly a gem in the ocean! I recently had the pleasure of teaching this lesson to my class. After listening to a short extract read by Leisa from the book, the children were given a short task to make a creature from the depths of the ocean - in this case, a Shark! The instructions were simple and easy to follow, and the children (and staff) were captivated by the story and the beautiful illustrations! I would thoroughly recommend this delightful book; bringing real life facts about our natural world alive through story telling really immerses the reader into the wonderful world that is our Planet."

Tracey White, Deputy Head