Literary legend Michael Rosen, beloved bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, the superstar creator of the Tom Gates series, Liz Pichon, and Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler are just a few of the big names on their way to Barnes.
They’ll be joined by the American author of the smash hit InvestiGators series, John Patrick Green, renowned cartoonist Chris Riddell, draw along genius Rob Biddulph, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Sophie Dahl, granddaughter of Roald, among many, many, more.
There’s plenty of entertainment for ‘fact’ fans too including the ‘Horrible’ historian, Greg Jenner, dinosaur expert Professor Ben Garrod, science sleuth Dr Adam Rutherford, star of BBC Radio 4’s Rutherford & Fry, and multi award winning author Dr Roopa Farooki.
This year’s programme is packed with family friendly theatre performances including Paddington Bear’s First Concert, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Magic Rainbow Fish and a very special appearance by everyone’s favourite family cat, Mog.
.Check out the full programme at https://www.barneskidslitfest.org/
