Discover the favourite children’s authors and illustrators of all time!
Drumroll please… The votes are in!
We love children’s books and know you do too, so back in early 2018 we kicked off a poll to find out who your favourite children’s authors and illustrators of all time were.
Nearly 1000 votes from teachers, parents and book-lovers everywhere later, we have the results. We’ve listed the top five for each age group below – so read on to see if your favourites made the list!
Books for ages 3–7
1. Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (78% of the votes for this age range)
2. Eric Carle
3. Allan Ahlberg
4. Judith Kerr
5. Nick Sharratt
Books for ages 7-9
1. Roald Dahl (75% of the votes for this age range)
2. Michael Morpurgo
3. Enid Blyton
4. Jacqueline Wilson
5. Dick King-Smith
Books for ages 9-11
1. David Walliams (64% of the votes for this age range)
2. Terry Pratchett
3. Chris Riddell
4. Jeff Kinney
5. Rick Riordan
Books for 11+
1. J.K. Rowling (38%of the votes for this age range)
2. J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Philip Pullman
4. Anthony Horowitz
5. Louis Sachar
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