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Author of I Am Nefertiti. Join Annemarie Anang for an empowering story-time with her debut children’s book. Sing-a-long with her ukulele and learn about some of the wonderful global instruments in the story.
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Author of Meena’s Mindful Moments.
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Author of Danny and the Dream Dog and Setsuko and the Song of the Sea.
Read all about Fiona and find out what happens in her virtual sessions here.
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Catherine Barr, author of 50 Reasons to Love Endangered Animals, shares her true stories about nature and wildlife with readings, videos and draw-alongs created by the illustrators of my books. From wolves and tigers to bears and pangolins, there are plenty of fascinating stories to excite and interest with interactive sessions.
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Author of The Secret Dinosaurs series and The Fantastic Electric Mash-Up Machines.
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Author of many picture books and beginner readers – lead author of Project X, the OUP reading scheme.
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Authors of Sam Silver Undercover Pirate series (Orion),The Big Radish (Collins Big Cat), The Great Space Race (Fiction Express), A New Home (OUP), Splash Landing (Pets From Space, Orion).
Find out more about Jan and Sara and all their amazing books in our interview here.
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Author of Zim Zam Zoom and A Ticket to Kalamazoo (simple, catchy poems for of all kinds for younger children to read, enjoy, perform and use as writing models)/ BOING! a bouncy book of bugs / Once Upon A ..Raindrop – Star – Atom – Big Idea – Rhythm / The Big Beyond / The Beasts Beneath Our Feet / Animal and nature series for Graffeg – Watch Them Grow – Off They Go – Who Are We (life cycles/migration/animal groups) / Let’s Do Poetry In Primary Schools (v practical resource book for all Primary Key Stages).
TOPICS: many! – water / space & space travel / minibeasts / science / animals and natural world / dinosaurs / music / inventions & materials
Find out more about James in our exclusive Virtual Authors interview here.
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Author of many picture books and reading scheme books including Neon Leon, Gilbert the Great, Chewy Hughie, and the How Too… board book series.
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Author of My Nanna.
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Rebecca Colby is an award-winning author, poet, publisher and screenwriter who has traditionally published nearly 50 children’s books with HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic and The National Trust, amongst others. Her literary work is represented by Kathleen Rushall of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency in California.
Read all about Rebecca and find out what happens in her virtual sessions here.
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Author of Oh No, Bobo! (illustrated by Laura Watkins) – a gentle introduction to the theme of consent.
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Author of Mr Bunny’s Chocolate Factory, Super Snail, What About the Tooth Fairy?, Steven Seagull Action Hero, Weasels, Nuts in Space and more.
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Author and illustrator of The Vanishing Lake, Dodos Are Not Extinct. Illustrator of Here Be Dragons, Hom, The Last Seaweed Pie. Paddy has a range of fun storytime and drawalong workshops.
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Author of Nen and the Lonely Fisherman (Owlet Press) and Violet’s Tempest (Lantana).
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Author of King of the Swamp and The Pet. Catherine’s workshops for EYFS and KS1 1 are full of fun! Catherine reads her stories and then encourages the children to act out different roles and feelings.
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Author of Bringing Down the Moon, The Clockwork Dragon, The Book Family Robinson, Monster Makeovers, A Present for Rosy, A Spot of Bother and many other picture books, novelty books and early readers.
Read our interview to find out more about Jonathan and his brilliant books.
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Author of Stop That Dinosaur, Yuck said the Yak and Pirates Don’t Drive Diggers.
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Author of Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends. From magical Welsh dragons, to a princess made out of flowers. These are perfect read-aloud stories for younger children.
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Illustrator of the I Can Draw series of step-by-step drawing books featuring fun characters based on simple shapes. I offer comics and illustration workshops to engage pupils with writing, character creation and drawing, which can be designed to tie in with curriculum topics of your choice. I also run sessions for World Book Day and literacy and arts weeks.
TOPICS: Fairy tales, heroes, dinosaurs, oceans, rainforest, seasons, transport.
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Author of over 100 picture books for children, including the best-selling Aliens Love Underpants series of books. I write stories to inspire, gently encourage, entertain and make you laugh out loud!
Find out more about Claire in our special interview here.
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Author of The Queen’s Wardrobe.
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Authors of the George’s Amazing Adventures series, Molly’s Magic Wardrobe, The World Book Day Monster, One Banana, Two Bananas and many more.
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Author of The Leaf Thief, A Gold Star for George and Bibble and the Bubbles, as well as lots of reading scheme books. Themed sessions including seasonal and poetry as well as question time.
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Author of How To Write A Poem.
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Author and illustrator of the Zoe And Beans series, I Will Love You Anyway, Fred and Mrs Blackhat. My sessions also feature my dad Mick Inkpen’s characters Kipper and Wibbly Pig, who I grew up with.
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Author of Betsy Buglove Saves the Bees, a rhyming, environmental picture book about little people making a big difference. It’s packed full of bee, bug and gardening facts perfect for EYFS and KS1.
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Author of Finding Gobi Picture Book. Families everywhere will be delighted by the tale of Gobi and Dion — a little lost dog and the ultramarathon runner who saved her. An engaging picture book.
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Author and illustrator of Bit-Bot and the Blob and model-maker/illustrator for Usborne.
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Author of A Dream Plan for Dottie.
Dottie, a feisty Scottish princess, is having bad dreams. Luckily, Kitty, the scullery maid, has the solution…Dottie needs a dream plan. A Dream Plan for Dottie aims to empower children to manifest peaceful, happy dreams for a better night’s sleep.
A virtual event includes a fun picture book quiz, a chat about the ingredients of a good story and a reading of A Dream Plan for Dottie, plus a Q & A. Afterwards, the children can draw and write their own magical dream plans.
TOPICS: the importance of a good night’s sleep, manifesting, the ingredients of a good story
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Author of picture books, including Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind and The Terribly Friendly Fox.
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Author of I Can Only Draw Worms and This is NOT a Fairy Tale.
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Author of The Winter Wolf, Going Home and My Friend Twigs.
Read more about Cliff, his visits and his writing tips here!
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Author of Scaredy Bat, a picture book about a bat who’s afraid of the light. Also Grandpa Was an Astronaut, Mint Choc Chip at the Market Cafe and Special Delivery. General chats, readings, songs and Q & As.
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Author of Early Readers Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble and Bug Belly Froggy Rescue.
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Author of Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe and Walking With My Iguana offering my poetry and percussion show plus readings from my picture books. Particularly enjoy reception sessions.
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Author of Author of Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only and I Love Chinese New Year.
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Author of Frog on the Log, The Goat That Gloats, Toad’s Road Code, The Great Reef Race, Which Witch is Which?, The Unpleasant Tale of the Man-eating Christmas Pudding and The Magic Custard Factory.
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Author of I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End. and This Book Has Alpacas And Bears – perfect for storytellling shennanigans.
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Author of The Stolen Spear, The Heart Scarab, The Unicorn Prince.
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Author of The Boy Who Loved Everyone and So You Want To Be An Owl, author and illustrator of King Otter and Pink Lion, illustrator of Wings! and Brian the Brave.
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Author and Illustrator of Amara and the Bats.
TOPICS: Nature, animals, food chain, habitat, peaceful protest
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Author of 1,2,3, Do The Dinosaur, Goodnight Spaceman, The World Made A Rainbow, The Day The Banana Went Bad.
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Author of Never Mess with a Pirate Princess. Offering fun interactive visits. Princess Prue was sweet and fair till PIRATES stole her teddy bear! A mould-breaking heroine for adventure-hungry children.
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Author of Interview with a Tiger and The Clue is in the Poo (award winner). Two fun non-fiction books all about animals.
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Author of Morris Wants More (Flying Eye), Just Like Me (Flying Eye), Little Lemur Laughing (Bloomsbury). I am able to offer fun poetry readings, as well as readings from my picture books.
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Y1-Y4 Author and Illustrator of the Unipiggle Series – Usborne. A magical, funny adventure series about being yourself.
Nursery to Y2 – Illustrator of The Disgusting Sandwich, a picture book.
45 min interactive assembly/ workshop session with props, story and two fun draw-along sessions ending in a Q & A. Prefer Zoom, can do Teams. Can advise on book supplier and send signed stickers/ bookplates.
Up to 4 x classes in one session.
TOPICS: Trying your best/ being yourself / characters / british mammals / magic / maps / expressions / reading out loud / imagination / illustration.
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Author of the How to Hide a Lion series and many more picture books.
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Author of Love you Always, What will you dream of tonight?, The Mouse’s Apples and many more, I am a former primary school teacher who loves to explore storytelling with children.
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Author of Moth: An Evolution Story.
Find out more about Isabel and all her amazing books in our interview here.
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Author of over 40 books for children including picture books The Snowflake Mistake (as seen on CBeebies Bedtime), Not Yet a Yeti, The Knight Who Might, The Christmas Crumb and more.
TOPICS: Snowflakes, mythical creatures, knights and castles, Christmas
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Author of the Baby Goz, Count on Goz. and the Puzzle Tales series.
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Author of Aerodynamics of Biscuits, How Rude!, The Tide and more!
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Author of 4 novels including A Tiger Too Many; book of original limericks: There Was An Old Fellow From Skye; and more for educational publishers inc 2Simple (Serial Mash), and Buttercup Publishing.
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Author/poet of Odd Socks!, SSSSNAP! Mister Shark, The Shape of Rainbows and eleven more poetry books. I stage interactive virtual poetry performances, Q & As and online fun poetry writing workshops.
Read an interview with Neal and find out more about his books and writing tips.
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