Authors
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Inspiring story-telling with Carly Gledhill's picture book, Pencil's Best Story Ever
Carly Gledhill joins ReadingZone to introduce Pencil's Best Story ever, a picture book about creating stories, friendship and adventures! Carly channels her love of colour, character design and hand-drawn lettering into everything she creates, from children's books to s...
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Endangered animals, incredible adventures - and super-powers!
Abiola Bello introduces her Wild Magic series and tells ReadingZone what inspired these magical adventures about endangered animals. Abiola was born and raised in Stoke Newington, North London. She is a Nigerian-British author and first began writing the Emily Knight sa...
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Emma Yarlett dips into The Post Bag series
Discover Emma Yarlett's Unicorn Post and find out how The Post Bag series can help inspire a love of letters and writing. Emma Yarlett grew up in Leicester then studied Illustration at University College Falmouth in Cornwall. She won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration...
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Counting Cats with Jonathan Emmett & Rob Hodgson
Jonathan Emmett and Rob Hodgson introduce One Cat, Two Cats, their novelty counting book that helps children count to 20. Jonathan Emmett was an architect before becoming a children's author and novelty book designer. He's written over 60 books, includi...
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Simon Chapman explores The Speed of Light
Simon Chapman brings Einstein's theories about relativity to life in The Speed of Light, including what inspired his theories - and what would happen if we could travel at the speed of light! Simon is an experienced Physics teacher, but he's also an author, traveller an...
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Exploring sibling rivalry in Rochelle Falconer's How to Tame a Mummy Monster
Rochelle Falconer tells ReadingZone how her own family helped inspire her picture book, How to Tame a Mummy Monster (OUP), a story about sibling rivalry. Rochelle was born in Jamaica but grew up in Birmingham, the oldest of six kids, raised by her single mum. She loved...
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Exploring anxiety in A Totally Big Umbrella, by Sarah Crossan & Rebecca Cobb
Sarah Crossan and Rebecca Cobb introduce their new picture book about young children's anxieties, A Totally Big Umbrella (Walker Books). Sarah grew up in Dublin and London. Her books for children and teenagers have won many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Carnegi...
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Kathryn Clark introduces her YA debut, Things I Learned While I Was Dead
Kathryn Clark explores consent and medical ethics in her dystopian debut, Things I Learned While I was Dead, and tells ReadingZone what inspired the novel's challenging themes. Kathryn is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People. Her work has been long/sho...
