Carnegie Medal winning Tanya Landman is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults.
Texts & Authors
Authors in the Spotlight
Authors stop by to share their thoughts and free classroom posters convey these.
Anna James is a writer and journalist. Before turning her hand to writing children’s books Anna was a secondary school librarian for 5 years, Book News Editor at The Bookseller magazine and Literary Editor of Elle UK.
Manjeet Mann is an actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. She is founder of Run the World and author of two award winning YA novels - Run, Rebel and The Crossing.
Beverley Naidoo is the Carnegie Medal-winning author of many novels for children and young adults. Much of Beverley’s writing is influenced by her upbringing during the apartheid years in South Africa.
Author of over 35 award-winning titles, he also writes dyslexic-friendly books - Gamer, Ninja and SPEAR – and the highly popular DFE-validated Little Wandle phonics series Jake and Jen.
Ken Wilson-Max was born in Zimbabwe. His first book was published in 1993 and since then there have been over 70, with a string of national and international awards.
Ross Montgomery is the author of the picture book Space Tortoise, His debut novel, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door was selected as one of The Sunday Times' “Top 100 Modern Children’s Classics”.
Vivian French is a much-loved author who has written more than 300 books for children. In 2016, she received an MBE for services to literature, literacy, illustration and the arts.
Marcus Sedgwick has written over 50 books, including books for adults, young adults, and younger children, and of all types, from picture books to non-fiction, comics to graphic novels. He has won many awards for his work over the last quarter of a century.
Petr Horácek graduated as a Master of Fine Art in 1994. Petr has written and illustrated many books for children and won awards for his books in Britain, USA and Holland. His new book, The Perfect Present was published on 25th August 2022.
Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist for the likes of the Guardian and the Pool before being inspired to write for young readers.
Jackie Morris is the bestselling author and illustrator, photographer and painter who created the international bestseller, The Lost Words, winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2019, with Robert Macfarlane.
Children's Choices
Each month we’re asking children in classrooms up and down the UK to decide what their recommended book is, and to give us some interesting titbits to get us started.
A Story Like the Wind
A group of people are fleeing their country… on a small boat, with a small hope, in a rising wind, on a rising sea. This small hope comes from stories shared between them – stories that unite them
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor
As a child, Joan Procter was given a crocodile as a birthday present! This is the true story of how she grew up to become an important reptile expert, even though most scientists at that time were men. The book explains how she designed the Reptile House at London Zoo and became well known for her brave work with Komodo dragons.
Top Texts
Every month a guest recommends three books
Amy Greatrex has chosen some of her favourite picture fiction for EYFS
Dr Julie Blake has selected a wonderful collection of poems great for sharing aloud
Sue Rook has chosen some delightful picture books for April
Kate Sayer has picked some wonderful picture fiction for this month
Dan Northover has chosen some fab Fantasy texts for KS2
Beth Dawson has selected some wonderfully illustrated texts for KS1.
Mel Taylor Bessent has chosen some fabulous festive texts for December
Marilyn Brocklehurst has chosen some superb top texts for November
Alice Visser-Furay has selected powerful texts for Secondary
Steve Smith has chosen a wonderful mix of texts for September