The eerie roots of Spanish Halloween can be traced back to Galicia, a region famous for its rich local folklore and ghost legends, where ancient Celtic rituals still echo through the mists to this day. Samhain, an ancient Irish festival, was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Celts thousands of years ago.
Millions of children have spent happy hours with Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books and Just So Stories about the land and people of India long ago. Kipling was a master storyteller.
Bob Graham is an Australian author, illustrator, and creator of picture books for children. Graham received several awards for his illustrations and books.
Nicola Davies is the author of more than 50 books for children: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her work has been published in more than 10 different languages and has won major awards.
Sam Taplin grew up in a beautiful valley in Yorkshire, where he dreamed of being a writer, and after three years reading other people's books at university he started writing his own. He's been doing it ever since. When he's not writing about lonely rabbits or inquisitive bears, he likes doing card tricks, writing songs and playing long games of chess by the fire.
Alice Oseman is an award-winning author, illustrator, and screenwriter. Alice is the creator of LGBTQ+ YA romance comic HEARTSTOPPER, and the writer, creator, and executive producer for the Emmy Award-winning television adaptation for Netflix.
Aaron Blabey is an Australian author of children's books.He is the creator of the best-selling children's series The Bad Guys – a bestselling graphic novel series for junior readers about a gang of scary-looking animals trying to change their bad reputations.
Janet and Allan Ahlberg were a British married couple who created many children’s books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of “most popular” lists for public libraries.
Maddy Mara is the pen name of Australian creative duo Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger. Together they have written or created many bestselling series for kids. Maddy Mara’s series include Dragon Games, Itty Bitty Kitty and Dragon Girls.