Reading Champion: Out of the Pram!

Amelia Marshall is an avid reader and writer of children's books. She has worked in primary education and publishing for over 10 years. As well as specialising in fairy tale twists and retellings she loves to write playful rhymes. As a parent of a toddler son, she saw an opportunity to create a unique rhyming picture book set combining photographic and illustrative elements and came up with four books in Digger and Friends (Digger's Busy Day, Tractor's FarmYard Fun, Big Truck's Road Adventure & Emergency! Emergency!). Poppy Prudden is an illustrator based in the English countryside. Her background is in printed textiles, but it wasn't until she had her own children that she truly discovered the world of children's books. Since then, she's been creating her own whimsical characters and imagining the stories they belong to. When she's not drawing, you'll probably find her making something out of cardboard with one of her three children, exploring the outdoors, or drinking yet another cup of tea.