The Story Ninja Presentation
Let’s fill the
school with
story.
Bring an award-winning author into your school gym for a fast, funny, assembly-style experience that engages a wide range of grades through stories, movement breaks, video clips, and song clips.
Bring Sigmund to your school ↗
Why it works
A whole-school
story event.
Built for the gym
The assembly-style format brings a large audience together and turns the gym into a shared story experience.
A wide range of grades
Stories, humour, and accessible ideas connect with keen readers, striving readers, younger students, and older grades in the same audience.
Active engagement
Movement breaks, video clips, and song clips reset attention while demonstrating how story creates emotion, meaning, and connection.
The staff have been raving and the students are still on an absolute high. One teacher told me that yours was the best presentation he has ever seen at our school!
— Gina Brown · Teacher-Librarian · Angus Morrison E.S.
An author’s firsthand perspective · CANSCAIP News
See the energy.
Discover the purpose.
Author Lorna Schulz Nicholson sat at the back of a school gym and watched Sigmund draw students into stories through music, video, and audience participation. Her profile captures both the energy in the room and the belief behind it: story comes first.
By Lorna Schulz Nicholson · CANSCAIP News · Fall 2022
Read the CANSCAIP profileReading changes more than reading
Less scroll.
More story.
To encourage reading beyond the presentation, every student receives a free grade-level Sigmund Brouwer ebook and audiobook.
The anthology project is included at no additional charge when your school books a Story Ninja Presentation.
Time in a book is time away from the anxiety of endless scrolling—and time spent building literacy, confidence, imagination, and positive habits.
National Literacy Trust research connects positive reading and writing attitudes with higher life satisfaction, stronger coping skills, and greater self-belief.
Read the research ↗Practical details
Questions,
answered.
01What grade levels does it reach?+
The presentation is designed to engage a wide range of grades together. Stories, humour, music, video, and accessible teaching points allow the program to connect across the full assembly audience.
02How large can the audience be?+
The program is designed for gymnasium, assembly-style audiences and can bring several grades—or the whole school—together. Share your enrollment, grade range, and gym setup when you inquire so the best arrangement can be planned.
03What about younger grades?+
Younger students can join the larger assembly. The program can be structured so they participate in the most suitable portion and, where helpful, leave partway through during a natural movement break.
04Are there movement breaks?+
Yes. Guided movement breaks are built between story segments. Short video clips and song clips also reset attention and show students how story creates emotion, meaning, and connection.
05Can parents attend?+
Absolutely—parents are welcome.
06Will developing readers feel included?+
Yes. The high-interest stories, accessible ideas, optional Read-A-Thon, and featured books welcome striving readers without losing the students who already love to read.
07Do you offer small-group workshops?+
Yes. Sigmund also offers focused small-group writing workshops with more direct interaction and hands-on story development. A workshop can be booked on its own or paired with a gym assembly.
Choose from eight available classroom workshops focused on developing story ideas and bringing them to life in words. If workshops are part of your school’s author visit, explore the menu below—or get in touch ahead of time about a specific writing goal for your class.
08Can our students publish their stories after the presentation?+
Yes. The Student Anthology Project gives students a reason to keep writing: seeing their stories in a real book they can share with family and friends. The anthology project is included at no additional charge when your school books a Story Ninja Presentation.
Ready when you are
Make reading
the most exciting thing
in every classroom.
Let’s start a conversation about your school, location, grades, preferred dates, and whether you’re interested in a gym assembly, a small-group workshop, or both. We’ll reply with availability and everything you need to make a decision.
Ask about a presentation ↗