Blog
News and updates from Story Seeds.
19 September 2026
The company behind the boxes
Every box we have sent to a Somerset school has had Innatus Digital behind it. Nine boxes so far, and what they turned into.
12 April 2026
Daily Adventure explained (seven months in)
Seven months on from launch, a proper explanation of what Daily Adventure is, what it does, and how it fits into what Story Seeds is trying to do.
10 April 2026
Two years, 2,109 books, 20 schools
Story Seeds turned two in January. We thought we'd mark it by writing down where we are. 2,109 children's books. 20 Somerset primary schools. £2,000 in games. £480 in creative writing prizes.
3 April 2026
Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter
Otto Blotter arrived in our donation pile because we ordered it. One of us had seen Graham Carter’s screen-print work elsewhere and wanted to know what his picture book would look like.
21 March 2026
What we sent six Somerset primary schools last Christmas, and what they sent us back
In December we sent a £500 box of books, games, and a Yoto to each of six Somerset primary schools. Alongside the boxes we invited them into our first creative writing competition, called Magic on your doorstep. Four schools entered.
15 March 2026
Why Story Seeds exists
Story Seeds started during Covid, but not with our name. Chris joined a book subscription startup called Let's Go Read, and when it wound up, the leftover stock became the first Story Seeds donations.
28 February 2026
Somebody Swallowed Stanley
We send Somebody Swallowed Stanley with pleasure. Most environmental picture books go heavy. This one stays warm while making its point.
20 February 2026
Why we only work in Somerset
People ask us this fairly often. Why only Somerset? Why not Devon, Dorset, the whole South West? We'd rather be useful than spread thin.
5 February 2026
The Lion Inside
The Lion Inside is a picture book we keep buying copies of. We like sending it, and we like reading it.
25 January 2026
How we choose what to send
Schools sometimes ask us for our book list. We don't have one. What we send depends on what's come in, what's in budget, and what the school has told us about the children in their classes.
12 January 2026
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a series we have grown fond of. The Cat Burglar is one of the later books in it.
2 January 2026
The AI question we keep answering
Over on the Daily Adventure blog, Chris has written about the environmental cost of the AI that powers the morning stories. Here is the Story Seeds side of the same question.