Collections were the inspiration for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage 

The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet." 

Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction . "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."
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Which school?
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What was it?
Where were the boxes spread?
Which child chose a Cinderella story?
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Who is Lauren's best friend?
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What have they done for years?
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Who is Millie Murray
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What does she think?
Did she question if the children could do it?
Had it been fruitful?
Collections
Collections were the inspiration for a project 
Thomas Tallis
project at Thomas Tallis School,
Imagine Children's Literature Festival
part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival 
Literature Festival last autumn
Literature Festival last autumn
12-13
 Each child (aged 12-13
beatified a box
 Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a box 
yes
and wrote a story on
wrote a story
and wrote a story on the subject of collections 
within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom
 boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom
Luren
The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella story,
a collection of letters
inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin
Charlotte
 Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother
a coin collection
Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection
collected coins
We've collected foreign coins for years 
since they went to Tenerife
for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife
an author
Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author
tea-novel
 who is a tea-novel author
thinks that setting the subject  was useful
 thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration 
yes
n the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says.
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"But it's been fruitful. S