Beverley Naidoo
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.
Texts & Authors
Authors in the Spotlight
Authors stop by to share their thoughts and free classroom posters convey these.
Chris Bradford
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
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.
Top Texts
Every month a guest recommends three books
Top Texts for March 2023
Kate Sayer has picked some wonderful picture fiction for this month
Top Texts for February 2023
Dan Northover has chosen some fab Fantasy texts for KS2
Top Texts for January 2023
Beth Dawson has selected some wonderfully illustrated texts for KS1.
Children's Choices
Classes share a recommended read
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.