Latest Book Reviews
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Prepare to fall head over heels in love with Ruffles and his little puppy friends in David Melling's latest picture book series for young readers. Beautif...
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Percy the Park Keeper has been a common addition to libraries and book collections for over 30 years and this latest release is aimed at the youngest of P...
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What a joyful approach to counting, I can see fun-loving youngsters really enjoying this journey on the 'Numbers Train'! In this space-themed counting boo...
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A great introduction to non-fiction books, this lovely pop-up book tells children about a variety of different animal homes. From mice to arctic foxes, each...
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This book is similar to the nursery rhyme of the same name, and uses the same structure to wake up different animals - bunnies, lambs, chicks, kittens and du...
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A lovely new picture book aimed at really little ones. 'Moon and Me' has already hit CBeebies with its new show reminiscent of 'In the Night Garden'. This...
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When a little child finds a worry, they decide to keep it as a pet and take it everywhere with them. Soon, the worry starts to take over their life, making i...
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Luna is bursting with excitement. Today, her class are going on a school trip to an art gallery and mum is coming as a parent helper. Everyone is looking for...
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Wild is the picture book debut from mum-blogger duo Annette Demetriou and Dawn White. Their blogs are centered on the challenges and pres...
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Do you know how mermaids got their tails? It all began once upon a magic ocean, with a little boy called Theodore who loved to collect fish. One day, he f...
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Prepare to meet the ultimate technicolour companion! A little girl befriends what she thinks is a unicorn but it's oh so much more than that. Limitless im...
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A delightful introduction to our planet and caring for it, this jolly and colourful non-fiction book will provide hours of entertainment with spotting and...
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Old Macdonald loves his phone. It helps him to organise things on the farm and keep it running smoothly. However, when he needs to order a new one, he ends u...
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Follow Buzzwing the honey bee on an unforgettable journey as you discover the secrets of the busy, buzzing world of bees. This is a beautifully written an...
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A cast of three contemplate and deliberate the significance of a large rock in this zen-like conversation-based tale. An unexpected other worldly c...
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Dinosaur books are usually always a winner so I had high hopes for this, and wasn't disappointed. Written by Matt Robinson, author of the award winning Do...
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What Did the Tree See? is an eye catching and clever tale of how the world and landscape has changed through the eyes of a growing oak tr...
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Sometimes, A Book of Feelings is the perfect guide for small children on experiencing and learning about their feelings. The story is written as poem and...
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Smidgens are tiny people, and the Sprout family believes they could be the last of their kind. Until one day, Gafferty Sprout stumbles upon an atlas that...
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A completely wacky and hilarious story about a 10-year-old girl who is a monster hunter! But Grace isn’t any normal monster hunter, she has discovered tha...
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I just love it, my child just loved it so much and he started continuing reading more and more books this is a really entertaining book that you have to r...
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The Incredible Record Smashers is the tale of a girl whose mum suffers with depression, and her attempts to help, which don't exactly go...
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The Incredible Record Smashers begins when Lucy, who is usually more interested in fixing things, punches Billy on the nose in class and...
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The Day the Screens Went Blank is a laugh out loud adventure about the world changing overnight that is utterly fitting for our current t...
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When the Sky Falls is a thrilling World War II story set against the backdrop of the Blitz. Joseph is sent into the city in 1941 to live with Mrs F, a str...
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Wick (not his real name) is an orphan working at the Harklights match factory and orphanage. Conditions for the orphans, whose real names are taken from t...
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Reminiscent of The Borrowers, this immersive read about the Hidden Folk living in plain sight all around us is brilliant. Each chapter has an epigraph at...
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The Lightning Catcher is Clare Weze's debut novel for children and what a fantastic debut it is! The story centres around Alfie Bradley a...
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How To Be Me is an honest and tender look at what it feels like to be an outsider and to experience the pain of not being understood. How...
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Another triumph for L.D Lapinski in book 2 of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Edge of the Ocean. Born out of the pandemic, what better s...
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I loved the first Evernight book – darkness, magic and wonderful heroes and heroines – and soon slipped right back into the enchanting world of The Silver...
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A boy lives in a caravan on his own waiting for his father to return from a short stay in prison. The beasts and wild animals of the past keep him company...
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When I first read the blurb, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy The Outlaws Scarlett & Brown because of the setting, but when I st...
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A new series from Jonathan Stroud is always an event and this explosive new book is no exception. The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne is se...
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The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne is the latest romp of an adventure from Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood & Co and the Bartimaeus...
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This book is about a boy who can control his dreams. Malcolm and his little brother find a way to share dreams and control them. But things go very...
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Kid is a debut novel, the first in a trilogy and 614 pages long however, it didn't take me too long to get to the end as it's an engaging, well planned ou...
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This is not a book for the faint-hearted in an extremely positive way. Ananda Devi does not shy away from the bleak life outcomes of four young Mauritians...
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Wilbur writes an embarrassing letter to his future self and Tyler (a school bully) finds it and puts it on Social Media. Wilbur becomes a laughing stock a...
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In We Were Wolves, Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy...
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The Gilded Ones is brilliant! Gripping, full of threat, peril and totally absorbing, this debut novel has been written by new author, Nam...
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The Gilded Ones is an amazing debut novel by Namina Forna. I was fortunate to receive a limited-edition book proof from Usborne and it ha...
ReadingZone Authors of the Month
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David Melling
David grew up in London with various siblings and a selection of animals (the dog is probably worth a mention). His father w...
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Barry Timms & Ged Adamson
Barry Timms grew up in Cornwall. He spent his early years mending pop-up books brought home from the librar...
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Steve Small
Steve Small has worked in animation for over 30 years as a director, designer, and animator. The work has v...
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Anne Booth, David Litchfield
ANNE BOOTH had always wanted to be a children's writer, but on the way to becoming one has worked in many j...
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Naomi and James Jones
Naomi has loved stories for as long as she can remember and has always wanted to write books. She w...
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Sheryl Webster and Helen Shoesmith
Sheryl Webster was born in Liverpool, and studied at Liverpool Hope University. With a degree in En...
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Isabella Tree & Allira Tee
Isabella Tree is an award-winning nature and travel author, and conservation pioneer. Her bestselling adult...
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Catherine Barr; Steve Williams
Catherine Barr worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campai...
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Sean Taylor, Alex Morss
SEAN TAYLOR is a British children's author, storyteller and teacher. Sean has taught in three continents an...
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Rebecca Colby
REBECCA COLBY started 'writing' before she learned the alphabet, creating songs from her imagination and memorising the lyri...
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Julia Golding
Julia Golding grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. After reading English at Cambridge, she joined the Foreign Office and se...
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Jenny Pearson
Jenny Pearson is a primary school teacher based in north east England. She loves her job and her debut book, The Miraculous...
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Helen Harvey
Helen grew up in a wild and unruly corner of the internet, where she dodged flames, crafted websites and led a guild of magi...
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Cath Howe
Cath Howe is an author and teacher working in South West London writing for, and working with, Key Stage 2 primary age child...
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Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd wanted to be a writer before she could even write. She comes from a big...
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Gianna Pollero
Gianna Pollero was born and raised in Kent but also spent a considerable amount of her childhood in northern Italy, where th...
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Fleur Hitchcock
Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised outside Winchester on the banks of the river Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as...
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Em Norry
Emma (she also writes as EL Norry) has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting and has written a number of short stor...
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Nicola Skinner
Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist for the likes of the Guardian and the Pool before being inspired to wri...
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Alex Bellos And Ben Lyttleton
En Lyttleton is an author, broadcaster and consultant to professional football clubs. He has writte...
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Annelise Gray
Debut children's author Annelise Gray was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up ridin...
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Rachel Delahaye
After studying linguistics, Rachel embarked on a career in journalism. She has worked in London, Sydney and Melbourne. She n...
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Hannah Gold
Hannah Gold worked in the film and magazine industries before taking time out to pursue he...
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S.M. Wilson
S.M. Wilson lives on the west coast of Scotland with her fiance and two sons. Her day job is as a n...
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Cat Weldon
Cat Weldon writes funny books for children and is a little bit obsessed with Vikings. She has an MA in Scriptwriting, and a...
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Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teache...
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Julia Golding
Julia Golding grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. After reading English at Cambridge, she joined the Foreign Office and se...
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Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud wrote his first novel – Buried Fire – while working as an editor at Walker Books...
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Helen Harvey
Helen grew up in a wild and unruly corner of the internet, where she dodged flames, crafted websites and led a guild of magi...
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Michelle Paver
Michelle Paver is an international bestselling author with over 3 million copies of her books sold across the globe. She was...
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Fleur Hitchcock
Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised outside Winchester on the banks of the river Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as...
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Em Norry
Emma (she also writes as EL Norry) has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting and has written a number of short stor...
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Anthea Simmons
Anthea Simmons lives in Devon with her polydactyl cat, Caramac. After a successful career in the City and a spell of teachi...
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Annelise Gray
Debut children's author Annelise Gray was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up ridin...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine grew up in Stratford-on-Avon - Shakespeare's birthplace - in the West Midlands. She studied Ameri...
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S.M. Wilson
S.M. Wilson lives on the west coast of Scotland with her fiance and two sons. Her day job is as a n...
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Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teache...
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Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud wrote his first novel – Buried Fire – while working as an editor at Walker Books...
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Anthea Simmons
Anthea Simmons lives in Devon with her polydactyl cat, Caramac. After a successful career in the City and a spell of teachi...
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Annelise Gray
Debut children's author Annelise Gray was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up ridin...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine grew up in Stratford-on-Avon - Shakespeare's birthplace - in the West Midlands. She studied Ameri...
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Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University. At the end of the course she was h...
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Wibke Brueggemann
Wibke Brueggemann grew up in northern Germany and the United States, but London is now her home.<br /...
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KL Kettle
KL Kettle is a global business person, girl boss and general nerd wrangler by day; by night she writes novels, short stories...
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Helen Harvey
Helen grew up in a wild and unruly corner of the internet, where she dodged flames, crafted websites and led a guild of magi...
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Gianna Pollero
Gianna Pollero was born and raised in Kent but also spent a considerable amount of her childhood in northern Italy, where th...
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Steve Small
Steve Small has worked in animation for over 30 years as a director, designer, and animator. The work has v...
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Annelise Gray
Debut children's author Annelise Gray was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up ridin...
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Rachel Delahaye
After studying linguistics, Rachel embarked on a career in journalism. She has worked in London, Sydney and Melbourne. She n...
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Hannah Gold
Hannah Gold worked in the film and magazine industries before taking time out to pursue he...
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Lesley Parr
Lesley Parr grew up in South Wales, at the bottom of a valley and quite near a seaside steelworks. Now she lives in the midd...
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Cat Weldon
Cat Weldon writes funny books for children and is a little bit obsessed with Vikings. She has an MA in Scriptwriting, and a...
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KL Kettle
KL Kettle is a global business person, girl boss and general nerd wrangler by day; by night she writes novels, short stories...
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Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teache...
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Julia Golding
Julia Golding grew up on the edge of Epping Forest. After reading English at Cambridge, she joined the Foreign Office and se...
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David Melling
David grew up in London with various siblings and a selection of animals (the dog is probably worth a mention). His father w...
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Jenny Pearson
Jenny Pearson is a primary school teacher based in north east England. She loves her job and her debut book, The Miraculous...
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Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud wrote his first novel – Buried Fire – while working as an editor at Walker Books...
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Helen Harvey
Helen grew up in a wild and unruly corner of the internet, where she dodged flames, crafted websites and led a guild of magi...
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Cath Howe
Cath Howe is an author and teacher working in South West London writing for, and working with, Key Stage 2 primary age child...
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Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd wanted to be a writer before she could even write. She comes from a big...
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Gianna Pollero
Gianna Pollero was born and raised in Kent but also spent a considerable amount of her childhood in northern Italy, where th...
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Barry Timms & Ged Adamson
Barry Timms grew up in Cornwall. He spent his early years mending pop-up books brought home from the librar...
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Steve Small
Steve Small has worked in animation for over 30 years as a director, designer, and animator. The work has v...
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Michelle Paver
Michelle Paver is an international bestselling author with over 3 million copies of her books sold across the globe. She was...
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Fleur Hitchcock
Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised outside Winchester on the banks of the river Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as...
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Em Norry
Emma (she also writes as EL Norry) has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting and has written a number of short stor...
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Anthea Simmons
Anthea Simmons lives in Devon with her polydactyl cat, Caramac. After a successful career in the City and a spell of teachi...
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Nicola Skinner
Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist for the likes of the Guardian and the Pool before being inspired to wri...
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Annelise Gray
Debut children's author Annelise Gray was born in Bermuda and moved to the UK as a child. She grew up ridin...
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Naomi and James Jones
Naomi has loved stories for as long as she can remember and has always wanted to write books. She w...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine grew up in Stratford-on-Avon - Shakespeare's birthplace - in the West Midlands. She studied Ameri...
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Rachel Delahaye
After studying linguistics, Rachel embarked on a career in journalism. She has worked in London, Sydney and Melbourne. She n...
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Hannah Gold
Hannah Gold worked in the film and magazine industries before taking time out to pursue he...
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S.M. Wilson
S.M. Wilson lives on the west coast of Scotland with her fiance and two sons. Her day job is as a n...
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Wibke Brueggemann
Wibke Brueggemann grew up in northern Germany and the United States, but London is now her home.<br /...
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Cat Weldon
Cat Weldon writes funny books for children and is a little bit obsessed with Vikings. She has an MA in Scriptwriting, and a...
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Isabella Tree & Allira Tee
Isabella Tree is an award-winning nature and travel author, and conservation pioneer. Her bestselling adult...
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Catherine Barr; Steve Williams
Catherine Barr worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campai...
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Jessie James & Tamara Anegon
Tamara Anegon attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008. Following this, she studied for a masters d...
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Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's early career was as a drummer in a band before he trained in illustration and gr...
