Meet our authors and illustrators

Here you’ll find read-alongs, fun facts, and much more from our Summer Reading Challenge and Winter Mini Challenge authors and illustrators. Come back for even more new content COMING SOON.

Check out our Bonus Interviews for extra content!

Zoë Armstrong

Hear a snippet of Zoë Armstrong’s spectacular new picture book! Read more

Loris Owen

Loris Owen wants you to explore the Gadgeteers book collection! Read more

Raman Prinja

Meet Professor Raman Prinja and his dazzling book Wonders of the Night Sky - part of our Gadgeteers Summer Reading Challenge book collection. Read more

Anastasia Izlesou

Simon Farnaby

Larissa Theule

Move Like A Lion

Radzi Chinyanganya

The Sky Beneath the Stone

Alex Mullarky

The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens

Isabel Roxas, Isabel Roxas

The Boy Whose Wishes Came True

Helen Rutter

Noodle the Doodle (3) – Noodle the Doodle Wins the Day

Jonathan Meres, Katy Halford

Information for adults

Schools

Visit our School Zone to access free resources and Challenge ideas for your class.

Families

Visit our Home Zone, full of useful Challenge information for parents, grandparents and carers. For information about supporting reading in the early years visit our Pre-School Zone.

Libraries

Visit our Library Zone to find libraries near you running the challenge, and how to take part.

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