Fantastic children's authors

Websites of some wonderful authors:

  • Access the world of David Williams with new audio stories each day.
  • Fun activities about our favourite boy wizard Harry Potter.
  • Alex Wheatle, author of award-winning Crongton Knights and many other books for young people
  • Benjamin Zephaniah is a poet and author, who writes for children, young people and adults too
  • Cathy Cassidy fans can find lots to reassure themselves and make themselves cheerful.
  • Malorie Blackman - the former children’s laureate is an award winning writer of over 60 books for children and young adults. Fans of recent TV series Noughts & Crosses will delight in discovering more stories from this bestselling author.
  • Roald Dahl - dip into the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. It’s truly whoopsy whiffling!
  • Neil Gaiman - Comics, novels, non-fiction, films, find them all here, including ‘Read Alouds’ of some of his books
  • Chris Haughton - unique illustrations and captivating stories including downloads, activities and links to readings of favourites such as Shh! and Oh no, George!
  • Oliver Jeffers - delve into the wonderful imagination of Oliver Jeffers as you meet his loveable characters as they get up to all sorts of mischief and adventures.
  • Hilary McKay - dive into a modern classic, enjoy stories of adventure, friendship, family, laughter
  • Guy Parker-Rees - discover the amazing images created by the illustrator of books such as Giraffes Can’t Dance, Dinosaurumpus and many more
  • Liz Pichon - a brilliantly interactive website with lots of boredom-busting Tom Gates activities
  • Michael Rosen - Follow the Bear trail in your local area with a much loved author
  • Nick Sharratt - from Shark in the Park to Ketchup on your Cornflakes, Nick Sharratt has more than 100 books to his name.

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