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.
“Never forget your audience (children!), and never stop wanting to help young people learn and inspire them about the world.”
“I work very closely with lots of different designers who interpret my ideas and throw in plenty of inspired ones of their own, and when we’re making sound books we work with an expert audio producer who crafts every single sound with huge precision according to the brief that I provide”.
“ Choosing the right illustrator for each project is vital, and it’s very satisfying to see our ideas being brought to life by so many talented and varied artists.”
“The thing I love most is that I get to invent books that become part of thousands of little children’s lives, books that might make them laugh or dance or discover the world in a new way. The quiet moments that parents share with their small children are incredibly precious times in family life, and when I go to work every day I’m creating things that will help those moments to happen in houses all over the world. It’s hard to imagine a better job than that.”
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