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Quirky Kid released a second edition of its Tell Me a Story cards, extending the life of an early therapeutic resource built around storytelling, reflection and strengths-based conversation.
The cards invite children and young people to recall memorable experiences through prompts such as the bravest, luckiest, highest or furthest they have ever been. The format gives children a structured way to tell stories about themselves while giving adults an opportunity to listen, ask follow-up questions and recognise strengths.
The current Quirky Kid product page identifies Tell Me a Story as the second edition and describes its use with children, adolescents and adults in individual and group settings.
Storytelling as a therapeutic conversation tool
Tell Me a Story was developed around a simple idea: children often respond differently when they are invited to tell a story rather than answer a direct question about how they feel.
The prompts encourage recall, description and perspective-taking while allowing conversations about pride, resilience, relationships and past experiences to emerge more naturally.
Professional distribution and continued use
The cards became part of Quirky Kid’s professional resource range beyond its own clinics. An Australian Council for Educational Research clinical resources catalogue lists Tell Me a Story as a Quirky Kid resource and describes its use in helping young people recall memorable experiences, communicate and recognise strengths.
The catalogue records the resource as a 30-card set with a comprehensive manual developed by Dr Kimberley O’Brien, providing an independent record of its professional distribution.
Why the second edition matters
Releasing a second edition showed that Tell Me a Story had remained useful enough to warrant continued development rather than being left as an early one-off product.
The refreshed edition sits alongside other long-running Quirky Kid resources including Face It and Just Like When, each of which began as a practical response to recurring themes in child psychology work.
Together, these resources helped establish a pattern that became central to Quirky Kid publishing: developing tools in response to clinical practice, testing them with children and families, and then refining them for wider professional use.
