Jeannie Baker

A collage artist, picture book author and film maker whose work often has a strong environmental focus.

Grahame Baker-Smith

Claire Bampton

Antonia Barber

The award-winning author of The Mousehole Cat, which was chosen as the British Book Awards Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year in 1991.

Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is the author of several picture books, including Chloe and the Lion and Guess Again!, which TIME Magazine named the no. 2 Picture Book of 2010. He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Mac is the founder of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travellers, and serves on the board of 826LA, a not-for-profit writing and tutoring centre in LA. His collaborations with Jon Klassen, Extra Yarn and Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, have both won the Caldecott Honor. He lives in California, USA.

Angela Barrett

Angela Barrett is widely regarded as one of this country’s finest illustrators. She won the 1989 Smarties Book Prize for Can It Be True? and the 1991 WH Smith Illustration Award for The Hidden House. In addition, she has been shortlisted three times for the Kurt Maschler Award and once for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her other picture book titles include Beware Beware, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Most Wonderful Thing in the World and the much acclaimed Beauty and the Beast.

Suzanne Barrett

Frances Barry

The creator of Duckie's Rainbow and other books about the lovable duck, as well as the novelty Fold Out and Find Out nature books.

Dave Barry

Co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers, the bestselling prequel to Peter Pan.