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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Sam Squiers

Get excited about the Women's World Cup! Read more

Dr Alex George

What's your fave sport or active movement? Read more

Meet the Illustrator: Loretta Schauer

Say hello to the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge illustrator! Read more

What is Space Junk?

Learn all about what happens to the things we shoot into space with Gemma Fowler! Read more

Jessica Spanyol

Listen to a read-along of Rosa Explores The Water Cycle (for ages 4-6) Read more

Lydia Corry

How to draw Pinch from Tindims of Rubbish Island with illustrator Lydia Corry. Read more

Top picks

Jakub’s Otter

Coral Rumble

Keisha Jones is a Force of Nature

Natalie Denny, Chanté Timothy

The Edge of the Silver Sea

Alex Mullarky

Misunderstood Minibeasts – Slug Life

Moesha Kellaway

Into the Wild

Thomas Docherty

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