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Story Planet empowers the voices of young people in Toronto’s equity-deserving communities through transformative creative writing programs

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Featured Stories

After-School Comics with The Children’s Book Bank

All about comics! Students explored, read, and created comics with Story Planet at The Children’s Book Bank in Yorkgate Mall.

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A Summer of Stories

Free programs in Scarborough and Jane and Finch are getting ready to launch!

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Meet Our First Youth Ambassadors!

We’re excited to introduce Story Planet’s first-ever Youth Ambassador cohort, former participants who are now helping shape our programs and community. In this blog post, they share how Story Planet impacted them and why creativity and literacy continue to matter in their lives.

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Work with kids in our school workshops, help out at our store on Bathurst, edit books—Story Planet could not run without our dedicated, talented volunteers.

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Testimonials

  • “…a refreshing take on literacy. You have the ability to capture the imagination of all students, especially the ones who’ve had a negative experience with writing.”

    Mr. Ahmad, Grade 4 Teacher

  • “My class was very excited to join again. They kept asking me when we would have another workshop! I can see the excitement and the interest.”

    Ms. Hari, Grade 5 Teacher

  • “How many more workshops do we have? Can we do more? Because I LOVE Story Planet!”

    Anivtha, from Grade 3. Now a Youth Ambassador!

  • “I was amazed of how these grownups didn't judge anything about our imagination!”

    Grade 4 Student

  • “Story Planet put together an incredibly engaging and meaningful workshop! It was wonderful to see them grow as writers and really come out of their shell in the best possible way.”

    Ms. K, Grade 11 Teacher

  • “Story Planet brings a sense of community in learning.”

    Grade 5 Teacher

  • “You helped me face my fears and I had so much fun working with all of my partners! I had so much fun and can’t wait to see more!”

    Helen, Grade 5

  • “I look forward to it each week, to see the kids shine.”

    Ms. Cruz, Grade 5 Teacher

  • “I just wanted to thank you again for yet another amazing program. My students are literally writing stories for fun.”

    Ms. Morgan, Grade 5/6 Teacher

  • I would say that storymaker helps improves with reading and writing. It is also easy to do and it was so much fun.

    Grade 5 student

  • It's fun and cool I had a good time making ideas and stories, you should try making one. It’s a must, 10/10 feed back i’m not lying for sure yeah 100% percent try it.

    Grade 5 student