Independent Online Edition has an article on some of the top-selling children’s book authors in Britain (and around the world.) The names are all familiar, or if the names are not, then the characters they have created are. What is nice is that each author has a nice series of paragraphs about their background and how they became such a success. The authors include Lucy Cousins, Katherine Holabird, Judith Kerr, and Lauren Child.
Speaking of Lauren Child, I have now seen the Charlie and Lola show and recommend it heartily. It takes the graphics of the books and creates a living world. Charlie and Lola are just as charming and wonderful as they are in the books and if it leads more children back to the book series and Clarice Bean as well, then it is doing a great job.