Authors
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Samantha Baines
Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, broadcaster, hearing aid wearer and author and her new children's book, The Night the Moon Went Out, is now available. She likes to keep busy and has had acting roles in Netflix's The Crown, Call the Midwife, Silent Witnes...
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Chitra Soundar
Chitra Soundar is an Indian-born British writer and storyteller and her new series, Sindhu and Jeet's Detective Agency, is now available. She grew up surrounded by the myths and stories of India and is inspired by its diverse culture and natural beauty....
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Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen, one of the most popular authors for children, has written a new picture book, Sticky McStickStick, a personal account of illness and recovery. His bestselling titles published by Walker Books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt, A Great Big Cuddle</e...
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Beach
Before becoming an illustrator, Beach worked as a pizza chef; if you can think of it, he has probably put it on a pizza. Beach also hosted a weekly hip hop show on Occitan-laguage radio. He has illustrated lots of serious text books for children, and lots of childish books for grown-ups. Beach...
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Lou Carter & Deborah Allwright
Lou Carter's There is No Big Bad Wolf in this Book follows the hugely successful There Is No Dragon in this Story (Bloomsbury) - and there are more to come! Before writing picture books, she worked as a primary school teacher....
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Polly Faber and Harriet Hobday
All Through the Night, the new picture book from Polly Faber and illustrator Harriet Hobday, celebrates those who work for their communities during the night. Polly Faber's grandfather set up the publishing house Faber & Faber so she grew up reading...
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Sarah Massini
Sarah Massini's stand out illustrations for The Witching's Wish bring to life the text by Lu Fraser. Sarah studied Graphic Design in Manchester and followed careers in corporate design and children's book design before settling down to pursue her life-long dream of illustratin...
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Lesley Parr
Author Lesley Parr's new historical fiction novel, When the War Came Home (Bloomsbury), explores the effects of WWI after the war had ended. Lesley grew up in South Wales and now lives in England with her husband and their...
