Keep in touch! Sign up to receive our newsletter | Contact us.
The Magic of Sharing Stories
Hear how Lauren Child found a love for stories at a very young age and why reading for pleasure and sharing stories is so important.
Resources to make the most of each film
Back to top
Lauren Child
One of today’s most innovative and highly regarded writers and artists, her books are loved the world over, winning multiple awards, including the acclaimed Kate Greenaway Medal. She is the renowned creator of the Charlie and Lola characters who appear in their own Bafta-winning television animation, as well as an accomplished novelist. Lauren is also the author of the bestselling Ruby Redfort series. She was named UNESCO’s Artist for Peace in 2008 and awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2010. Lauren is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust, a trustee of the House of Illustration and was named Waterstones Children’s Laureate in 2017.
Website:
www.staringintospace.me
Twitter:
@uklaureate
Facebook:
@laurenchildbooks
Instagram: @laurenchildthatsme
Also by this author-illustrator
Hubert Horatio: How to Raise Your Grown-Ups
Written & illustrated by: Lauren Child
Published by: HarperCollins
Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes
Written by: Lauren Child
Published by: HarperCollins
Mary Poppins
Written by: P.L. Travers
Illustrated by: Lauren Child
Published by: HarperCollins
Charlie and Lola: One Thing
Written & illustrated by: Lauren Child
Published by: HarperCollins
Further reading ideas
Pippi Longstocking
Written & illustrated by: Astrid Lindgren
Published by: Oxford University Press
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
Written by: Cressida Cowell
Illustrated by: Neal Layton
Published by: Hachette
Gorilla
Written by: Anthony Browne
Illustrated by: Anthony Browne
Published by: Walker
The Shrinking of Treehorn
Written by: Florence Parry Heide
Illustrated by: Edward Gorey
#WorldBookDay
World Book Day® is a charity sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Find a bookshop
Thousands of bookshops and supermarkets take part in World Book Day.
Please search here to find your nearest participating bookseller.
Find your local library
For books to borrow for free, reading recommendations and family reading events view your local library services.
Connect with World Book Day
Links
World Book Day Ltd, 6 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR.
World Book Day® is a charity sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Registered charity number 1079257 (England and Wales) | Registered company number 03783095 (UK).
