Meet our authors and illustrators

Here you’ll find read-alongs, fun facts, and much more from our Summer Reading Challenge authors and illustrators.

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Anastasia Izlesou

Simon Farnaby

Larissa Theule

Zanna Davidson

Naomi Shihab Nye

Hear poet Naomi Shihab Nye read from her new book - Cast Away, Poems for our Time. Read more

Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke

Dreamweavers: Roar of the Hungry Beast

Annabelle Sami, Forrest Burdett

I am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere

Lucinda Jacob, Sarah Webb, Ashwin Chacko

Maddy Yip’s Guide to Life: A laugh-out-loud illustrated story!

Sue Cheung

The Gecko and the Echo

Rachel Bright, Jim Field

My Beautiful Voice

Joseph Coelho, Ms. Allison Colpoys

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