Authors Families
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Enjoy cosy bedtimes with Smriti Halls' Bedtime for Little Digger
Bedtime for Little Digger is the start of a cosy new bedtime series of picture books for young children. We speak with its superstar picture book creators, Smriti Halls and Sue Hendra. Smriti Halls is an internationally bestselling children's author who...
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Jessica Meserve explores The Home That Love Built
Jessica Meserve explores nature, community and resilience in her stunning picture book, This is the Home That Love Built. Jessica studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and worked in publishing as a children's book designer before pursuing a career as a childr...
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Ben Davis unveils his intergalactic series, Postman Planet!
Postman Planet is the best postman in the universe - but he's only nine years old! Here's author Ben Davis to tell us more. Ben Davis's books include the Lenny Lemmon series, <a href="/books/the-private-blog-of-j...
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Phil Earle shares his hilarious new series, Finn's Epic Fails
ReadingZone spoke with best-selling author Phil Earle to find out about his new series, Finn's Epic Fails. Expect laughter, chaos and some epic fails! Phil Earle is the award-winning author of more than 25 books for children and teenagers, including When the Sky Falls,...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin joins ReadingZone to talk about The Secret of Wild Hill: Lottie's Dream, the first in her exciting new series about horses, dreams - and deadly family secrets . . . Olivia lives on an arable farm in Dorset with her farmer husband, their children, and an a...
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Meet the Animagicals with author Paula Harrison
Paula Harrison's Animagicals series takes us to a world where children can turn into animals and she joins ReadingZone to tell us more about them! Paula has written more than 50 books, including the Kitty series, The Rescue Princesses and the Secret Rescuers. She wanted...
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Piu DasGupta
Author Piu DasGupta introduces her atmospheric adventure, The Golden Monkey Mystery, set in India at the end of the 19th century. Piu was born in Calcutta, India, and grew up in India and the UK. She studied English at Oxford University and worked in several serious pro...
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JP Rose introduces Paddock Grove, her new riding school series
Follow life as student at Paddock Grove, a school for young people who are passionate about riding. Author JP Rose tells us more. JP Rose has always loved horses, first falling in love with ponies as a child. She was an avid rider and dreamed of having her own horse. No...
