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Class Name Author Rationale Book Example Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring Nursery Potter animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Michael Rosen is an English children's author and poet who has written 140 books. He is one of the most popular contemporary poets and authors of books for children. His titles include We're Going on Rosen a Bear Hunt which was the winner of the Smarties Book Prize), Michael Rosen's Sad Book and Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry. Reception Valerie Bloom is the prize-winning author of poetry for adults and children, picture books, pre-teen and teenage novels and stories for children. She has presented poetry programmes for the BBC, among others. Her poetry has been featured by Poems on the Underground; included on school courses in the UK, the Caribbean and Malaysia; Bloom and published in over 500 anthologies worldwide. Her children’s books include Fruits: a Caribbean Counting Poem, Hot Like Fire and Other Poems, Mighty Mountains, Swirling Seas, Let Me Touch the Sky. Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE, DL was born in Trinidad in 1949 and came to England in 1960, aged 10. She is an actress, presenter, writer, producer, working peer and an active advocate for the welfare and education of children. Floella has written thirty books, including Benjamin Coming to England, a Guardian Children’s Book of the Year 2016, which is used as a resource in schools in social and cross-curricular areas. Other books of hers are Sea of Tears, My Two Grandads and Skip Across the Ocean. Year One Julia Donaldson is an English writer, playwright and performer, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Donaldson Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. Roald Dahl is an author. His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Year Two Dahl Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG. Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a family man, a primary school teacher and most memorably to his millions of fans, a prolific English writer of children's books. King-Smith His children’s books include The Sheep Pig, The Invisible Dog, The Hodgeheg, Martin’s Mice, Sophie’s Snail. Mary Lassiter Hoffman is a British writer and critic. She has had over 90 books published whose audiences range from children to adults. One of her best-known works is the children's book Amazing Grace. Hoffman Hoffman has written LGBT inclusive book ‘The Great Big Book of Families’, which is about the diversity of families. The simple message is that every family is unique and special. Year Three Sir Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, Blue Peter Book Award and the Morpurgo Whitbread Award. His recent bestselling novels include Listen to the Moon, A Medal for Leroy, Shadow and War Horse has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play. J. K. Rowling is a British author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more Rowling than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. Year Four Philip Pullman is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best- selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography. The Pullman first book of His Dark Materials has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series as well as his children's novel I was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers. Benjamin Zephaniah is a pioneer of the performance poetry scene. He has recorded albums, written plays for stage, radio and television, and he writes poetry for children, adults, and novels for teenagers. His message is one of unity, peace and expression through creativity. Year Five Zephaniah His children’s books include Funky Chickens, J is for Jamaica, Liam, Refugee Boy. Beverley Naidoo began writing while working as a teacher in Britain. Her first novel, Journey to Jo’burg, was originally banned in South Africa but opened a window for children elsewhere. She received the Naidoo US African Studies Association Children’s Book Award for No Turning Back, Out of Bounds (short stories with Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu), Burn My Heart and Who is King? John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL was an English writer, poet, Tolkien philologist, and academic. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Year Six Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. Blackman Her children’s books include Noughts & Crosses, Hacker, Thief! and Pig-Heart Boy. .