The starting point is always human and local. A group of children in a school gather to: - read or tell a story in their own language - draw scenes and characters on paper - write titles, captions or fragments by hand These raw materials are the seed of a Living Story. They are scanned, photographed or recorded and passed to a media helper such as Marvin or another named learning companion personality. The aim is for the children to see that their own analogue work is the core of the piece. The digital version is not a replacement, but an echo and amplification.