Authors
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Steve Small
Animator Steve Small's latest picture book, Wellington's Big Day Out, follows a young elephant on a special journey of discovery. Steve has worked in animation for over 30 years as a director, designer, and animator. The work has varied from working on Disney features t...
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Polly Faber and Melissa Crowton
Polly Faber's grandfather set up the publishing house Faber & Faber so she grew up reading, and read more at university where she studied English and wrote and performed in comedies. After that, she trained as a midwife but stopped working when she had her own children; th...
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Molly Potter
What Makes Me Do the Things I Do? is the latest in a series of books by Molly Potter addressing young children's emotions and behaviour. Molly currently works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream sc...
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Ada Grey
Ada spent several years working for design companies before deciding that she preferred doodling. She lives in Brighton with her daughter and cat, Ming the Merciless. She collects picture books, draws in her studio (which is very messy) and loves cheese and spaghetti, especially together....
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Hoang Giang
Giang has been working as a children’s book illustrator for more than 10 years. She works in a studio with her partner and three cats. She also loves comics and graphic novels, and dreams of one day finding the time to make her own comic book.
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Mini Grey
Award-winning author and illustrator Mini Grey has had many careers including working in theatre design, teaching and even a spot of video animation but she loves writing and illustrating books the most. Her first book was Egg Drop, followed by a wide variety of picture books including The Las...
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Ross Collins
Ross Collins's primary teacher told his parents that he should go to art school. 13 years went by until he was finally 'old enough' to get into the Glasgow School of Art. Can you believe that? - 13 years. On graduating he won the Macmillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's ill...
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Jon Agee
Award-winning author Jon Agee's latest picture book, Little Santa, tells us how Santa Claus came to be. His picture books include It's Only Stanley, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner and longlisted picture book for the UKLA Book Award 2022. Jon Ag...
