Many readers of a certain age will recognise this title as part of Star Trek’s opening monologue. I’ve always been fascinated by space – the TV shows, films and books set in space, the brave real-life explorers who have ventured beyond our atmosphere and the sheer majesty of the night sky. But the Moon holds a particular place in my heart because it appears bigger and more accessible than anywhere else out there. And that’s why I think it makes the perfect setting for my late

Tigers are a wild cat that I am fascinated by, reading this beautiful book inspired me to want to learn more and thanks to Charlotte at HCCB I was able to start doing that by asking author Felicity Yeoh some questions about the book. I hope it will inspire you too, to find out how much joy books are able to share and how many important messages they can sneak in... Why did you choose a picturebook format for this very evocative subject – the fact that tigers (and other animal

‘Bison Rule, OK!’ is my second poetry collection for children – my first with the fantastic Otter-Barry Books – and whilst ‘Why did my brain make me say it?’ included various nature poems, here the ‘Astonishing Animals’ have their very own section, although as is the way of animals, some have managed to sneak their way into other sections too (keep an eye out for escapees in ‘School’ and ‘Special Days’). The titular bison insisted that there be no poems about unicorns or ll