The Writers of Wales Database

SNAPE, POLLY

Contact address: Cwm, Llanelidan, Ruthin, Denbighshire. LL15 2RN
Tel: 07799 833876
Email: info@pollysnape.co.uk
Website: www.pollysnape.co.uk

Polly Snape grew up in East Yorkshire and trained as a primary school teacher in York. She taught both infants and juniors for 6 years before leaving teaching to become an independent education consultant. For the last twelve years she has worked in schools and theatres throughout the UK, writing and directing plays, training teachers and using stories to help deliver all aspects of the curriculum.

She now lives in Llanelidan, near Ruthin, in Denbighshire and is a Welsh learner. In 2009 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to work with children in Brazil, Borneo, Australia and the Maldives to write stories about the impact of climate change on different parts of the world. Some of those stories can be found at www.smallstepsbigideas.co.uk

In 2011, Polly worked with children from Denbigh to write her first published book, The North Wales Hospital as part of a local history research project. The Granny and Grandad stories are 24 short stories for children that are also written in a simple playscript format. 12 Christmas stories are currently available on CD and can be read in English at www.grannyandgrandad.co.uk  or in Welsh at www.nainataid.co.uk

Reviews:
With respect to The North Wales Hospital (Paula Snape, 2011): A video of a reader talking about the book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEUNTzdSSFg

Selected Publications:
The North Wales Hospital  (Paula Snape, 2011)
Christmas with Granny and Grandad: Audio CD (Paula Snape, 2011)

The North Wales Hospital (Paula Snape, 2011)

The story of the North Wales Hospital in Denbigh, 1848-1995, founded to offer care to mentally ill patients, presented in an easy-to-read style and fully illustrated, for KS2 readers.

To purchase this title from www.pollysnape.co.uk please click on the front cover

Christmas with Granny and Grandad: Audio CD (Paula Snape, 2011)

Join Granny and Grandad in their adventures as they prepare for Christmas. Find out how Grandad helped Father Christmas when he got stuck in the chimney, how Granny nearly ruined the village pantomime and how Smudge the dog nearly ruined everything! Twelve stories are each divided into two parts, giving 24 tracks that can be used as an audio advent calendar throughout December. Narrated by David Kendra.

To purchase this title from www.pollysnape.co.uk please click on the front cover