Authors and illustrators

Lucy Semple

Lucy Semple lives and works as a children’s illustrator in Nottinghamshire. She loves to create her art digitally but sometimes dabbles in traditional media in her own free time. She can often be found curled up with a book, a cup of tea in hand and her dachshund Frankie asleep on her knee.

Nicola Colton

Nicola (she/they) is an award-winning Irish children’s book illustrator and author. She grew up in rural Offaly, a childhood steeped in superstitions and stories, where fairies were as real as the cows in the field next door. Nicola is neurodivergent and was late diagnosed with ADHD. Though there are some challenges, she is proud of her fizzy, busy brain and ability to think in a non-linear way.  She lives in Bristol with her partner and their gentle black and white cat, Odysseus.

Various Authors

Featuring stories from a host of best-loved authors, including Penny Dolan, Michael Broad and Holly Webb.

Various Authors

Featuring stories from a host of best-loved authors, including Holly Webb, Jeanne Willis and Michael Broad.

Stephanie Shaw

Stephanie lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the United States in Oregon. Drawing from the fields and forests of the area, she loves creating lyrical stories for the nursery. She is most influenced in her writing by having had parents who wisely filled her life with books. It is in their honor that she now writes stories for other parents to share with little ones.