Jeremy Strong is a multi-award winning author of hilarious children's books, and an expert in both making children laugh and engaging them in reading. Sir Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds isProfessor of Children's Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the V&A Museum, BritishLibrary and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle and was a founder-member of the UK Children's Laureate.

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