Top 10 Children’s Authors

 

Who doesn’t like chocolate? There cannot be many who don’t like this wonderful confectionary delight and to have a story celebrating it never fails to surprise and delight.  Written by the master words smith, Roald Dahl and illustrated by the talented Quentin Blake it is a feast for the imagination and speaks to the child in us all.

 

C.S Lewis The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

A wardrobe that leads to a mysterious world called Narina – simply marvellous.

J.M Barrie Peter Pan

 It is easy to forget just how wonderful a book is that you read when you were a child, or should I say a book that was read to you.  J.M. Barrie understood not only children, but adults and most important of all, how to tell a good story.

J.K Rowling – Harry Potter

 The series of 7 books has gathered adult fans children alike.  J.K Rowling’s superior imagination and wicked sense of humour is quite remarkable.  Harry will take his place with the other legends of children’s fiction alongside Alice, Frodo and Doherty.

Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For over a century, Beatrix Potter’s art, her wonderful imagination has affected children and adults all over the world. There’s hardly a person who doesn’t know The Tale of Peter Rabbit! Her pictures and stories while charming and delightful, are also deep — and they show something vital and thrilling about imagination which every person, every parent, every child needs to know.

Enid Blyton – Noddy

 Enid Blyton was always a natural storyteller who entertained her playmates with fantastic stories. She learned that tales with whimsical characters like in “Noddy” amused her friends the most, so she created the mythical Toytown where he could have grand adventures.

Mr Men Series of books –Roger Hargreeves

A whopping 46 Mr Men Books and 33 Little Miss books were written by the talented Roger Hargreeves.  His tales are subtlety moral yet also sprinkled with humor that captures the imagination. Who would know what a tickle looks like, without his Mr Tickle!

Michael Morpurgo – War Horse

A truly thrilling and moving story.

Alice Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

The story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world full of anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic which has allowed the story to have its enduring popularity with adults as well as children.

The adventures of Rupert the Bear – Mary Tourtel

Starting life as a comic strip in the Daily Express newspaper he rapidly gained a huge following and the comic strip swiftly became a series of books. I am sure you all remember the wonderful song:

There’s a little bear

Like you’ve never seen before

Who’s a lot of fun

Children everywhere grow to love him more and more

He’s the number one

There’s a million stories to be told

Of the things that he’s done

And he’s gonna share them all with you

So come along

Rupert, Rupert the bear

Everyone sing his name

Rupert Rupert the bear

Everyone come and join

In all of his games