The creator of children’s character Rastamouse entertained young fans at a children’s storytelling festival.

Michael de Souza was among a host of writers leading workshops at Bush Theatre’s three-day festival, Storystock, last week.

Judith Kerr, the writer and illustrator of 1960s classic The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Josh Lacey, who wrote The Island Thieves and The Dragonsitter, also read extracts from their books.

Bush Theatre director Sian Alexander said: “We were delighted to host the first ever Storystock festival and can think nowhere more fitting for a celebration of storytelling than our theatre based as it is in the Old Shepherd’s Bush Library.

“We know many local residents have fond memories of this building from their own childhoods.”