In Bethany Walker’s latest book Olly Brown, God of Hamsters, Olly is hamster-obsessed! His dad won’t allow pets in the house but dozens of hamsters show up anyway: they are all really smart and they seem to be worshipping Olly … as a god! Awesome!! Bethany has been a primary school teacher and an educator in a range of weird and wonderful museums. She lives in Lincolnshire with her husband and their two children.

Emily-Jane Clark is an award-winning TV comedy writer who has turned her pen to children’s books. The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep is the first of a brilliantly funny series, with illustrations by Jeff Crowther, about, well, scary sheep, girl power and a lot of garlic bread.… She lives in rural Northamptonshire with her two young daughters and teaches drama to primary school children.