Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

Aaron Dignan

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Aaron Edwards

Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Aaron Young was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and read Politics and Communications at The University of Liverpool. He is a BAFTA-nominated director, producer and executive producer with over 20 years of experience across projects for the BBC, PBS, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV, UK Film Council and Arts Council England. A long-time collaborator of acclaimed historian, James Holland, he is the producer and director of the BAFTA-shortlisted BBC titles ‘Battle of Britain: The Real Story’ and, ‘Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams’, as well as ‘The Battle for Malta’, ‘Normandy ’44: The Battle Beyond D-Day’, the RTS-nominated ‘Imphal &amp; Kohima: Britain’s Greatest Battle.’, and the 3-part series, 'Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France. His most recent credits include 'Hidden Histories of WWII', 'Lost Temples of Cambodia', the RTS-winning ‘Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany’, and ‘Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter’. Aaron was named in the inaugural list of BAFTA ‘Brits to Watch.’ He is the co-owner of award-winning film and television production company, Bright Button Productions, and lives with his wife and children in Poundbury, Dorset.

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Abbe Prevost

Abbey Bryant is an NYC-based award-winning illustrator. With her BFA in Children's Book Illustration, her notable illustrated books include Nautilus award winner Hazel Mist, Hypnotist as well as an Enchanted Fairy House Kit with Scholastic's Klutz! 
 
As a queer illustrator, LGBTQ+ themes and stories hold a spot near to her heart. Most days she can be found around the city drawing New Yorkers or sketching trees at the park.

Abbey Bryant

Abbey Clancy is a model, television presenter and the host of chart-topping podcast The Therapy Crouch. She was the runner-up of Britain's Next Top Model in 2006, winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 and went on to present Britain's Next Top Model. Later this year she will host Celebrity Homes on ITV.

Abbey Clancy

Abbie Greaves studied at Cambridge University before working in a literary agency for a number of years. She was inspired to write her first novel, The Silent Treatment, after reading a newspaper article about a boy in Japan who had never seen his parents speak to one another before. 
 
Abbie lives in Brighton with her boyfriend.

Abbie Greaves

Abbie Ross is a British author and psychotherapist. Her first book, Hippy Dinners, a funny and poignant memoir of her bohemian childhood in 1970s North Wales, has been optioned by Baby Cow, who are developing it into an 8-part television series. 
Before turning to writing, Abbie had a successful career as a producer at Aardman Animations, the acclaimed studios behind Wallace &amp; Gromit and the film Chicken Run. 
Today, she divides her time between her thriving psychotherapy practice in Bristol, and her writing, and finds that the two careers complement each other perfectly.

Abbie Ross

Abbie Spallen

Abbie Taylor lives in Dublin. She works as a doctor and has two daughters.

Abbie Taylor

Abby L Yates co-founded the Ghostbusters with Erin Gilbert. Ghosts from Our Past was her first book, now finally back in print.

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Abby Lee

Abby Rawlinson is an integrative therapist with a private practice based in east London, UK. Her work mixes traditional psychotherapeutic theories with cutting-edge, evidence-based techniques into a style that feels relatable, down-to-earth, and compassionate. Abby regularly contributes to articles, including but not limited to Stylist, Elle, BBC, Harpers Bazaar, Sheerluxe, Women's Health, and Psychologies. She can be found on Instagram @therapywithabby or online at therapywithabby.co.uk

Abby Rawlinson

Abby Wambach is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, FIFA World Cup champion, six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award and one of Time’s Most Influential People. She is a founder of Treat Media, an award-winning media company that makes art for humans who want to stay human. Abby is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wolfpack and the New York Times bestseller Forward. Named one of the ‘50 Most Powerful People in Podcasting,’ she is co-host of the chart-topping podcast We Can Do Hard Things, which has received over a half billion plays. Abby is an executive producer of the Sundance award-winning film Come See Me in the Good Light, part owner of the NWSL’s Angel City Football Club and sits on multiple boards. Her most recent book, We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions, created with Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle and Treat Media, is being hailed as ‘the guidebook for being alive.’

Abby Wambach

Abel &amp; Cole’s story starts in 1988 with Keith Abel flogging potatoes door-to-door. ‘Of course potatoes are organic,’ he thought, ‘they’re vegetables’. However, he quickly discovered how unnecessarily complicated our food system had become and, consequently, realised the huge benefits of going organic and never looked back. In fact, Abel &amp; Cole still get veg from the farm where Keith's first organic spuds came from. 
To this day, their priorities remain the same. Now, selling 100% organic produce, Abel &amp; Cole believe that organic farming (a holistic system that encourages biodiversity) is the very best way to go. It protects our countryside and the critters that inhabit it, insists on the very best animal welfare, supports your local community and, frankly, tastes heaps better. Abel &amp; Cole think so anyway.

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Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). In 2011, he was named one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 global thinkers. Banerjee served on the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Abhijit V. Banerjee

Abhishek Mukherjee, 30, is a Delhi-based journalist. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Delhi University, a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Raipur. He also likes dogs.

Abhishek Mukherjee

Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree houses and building dens in the woods. After being coaxed out of her tree house, she studied English at Bristol University and then worked as an English teacher in Africa, Berkshire and London. She is the bestselling and multi-award shortlisted author of RUMBLESTAR (first in The Unmapped Chronicles), SKY SONG &amp; THE DREAMSNATCHER TRILOGY, published by S&amp;S. When she's not writing, Abi volunteers for Beanstalk, speaks in schools and travels the world looking for her next story.

Abi Elphinstone

Abi Falase is a Black British writer and director, reimagining fundamental societal concepts in inventive new worlds. Abi has written and directed a number of plays, including The Village and Rush with the Almedia Theatre, as well as Rift for Immediate Theatre and was shortlisted for the BBC Scriptworks ‘A Thousand Stories’ scriptwriting competition in 2021.

Abi Falase

Abi Titmuss

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling, chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her family.

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Abigail Ahern

Abigail Balfe is a queer, auDHD author-illustrator and Emmy award-winning creative based in Brighton. Before writing books full-time, Abigail led digital campaigns for pop stars such as One Direction and Little Mix, and for TV broadcasters including Channel 4 and Netflix. She also performed stand-up comedy and won several small trophies for her onstage humour, which featured life-size illustrations, ridiculous songs, and rambling stories about her family. In 2023, Abigail was named one of the Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women in the UK.

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Abigail Foster is a Chartered Accountant and founder of Elent Finance, a financial education company designed to demystify the world of finance and empower you to achieve financial wellbeing. 
 
Abigail has worked with leading financial institutions across the UK, including HMRC, the Bank of England and Downing Street, and global companies such as Google and Goldman Sachs. She hosts a weekly money segment on LBC radio and has also appeared as a finance expert on ITV, Channel 5 and Sky News.

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Ann Cameron

Did you know that frogs wear shoes? 
 
That eating broccoli makes you super strong? 
Or that you can even move the sun if you put your mind to it? 
 
Julian can’t stop telling stories – or getting into trouble!

Pat Thomson

There's something for everyone in this collection of funny short stories. It's packed full of talking pigs, UFOs, gorillas, witches, mischievous house elves, flying postmen and lots more! Find out how Bozo the gorilla helps Jimmy deal with his lazy big brother, what Dinah Price does when she finds the three bears tucked up in her bed and what fate Agnethia Toadfax, trainee witch, has in store for Mr Smike the rude librarian . . .

You Can't Bring That in Here!

Jeremy Strong

Streaker, the hundred-mile-an-hour dog, is brilliant at many things but most of all she's brilliant at getting into trouble! 
 
Something mysterious has happened to Streaker's puppies and Trevor is on a detective mission to find them. But with Streaker causing mayhem everywhere she goes, can Trevor track down the puppies before Santa comes to visit?

Christmas Chaos for the Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog

Julian to the rescue! 
 
Grown-ups aren’t very good at solving crimes. That’s why it’s time for Julian, Huey and Gloria to take matters into their own hands. 
 
The crime-busting kids go on a mission to track down wanted criminals. They have a special motto, a secret code and plenty of plans. All they need now is their first crook . . .

Julian, Secret Agent

Anne Fine

So go on, ask me. 'Dear, dear Tuffy. Why was your Christmas so horrible?' 
 
Well. I couldn't climb the tree. 
I couldn't touch the dangly decorations. 
 
And Ellie made me part of her sing-along Christmas performance. 
Horrible, horrible, horrible! 
 
But I showed them. I was Tuffy the Acting Cat, superstar. How was I supposed to know things would get so . . . messy?

The Killer Cat's Christmas

Nicholas's neighbours are in a royal frenzy! 
 
They're celebrating the Queen's coronation (whatever that means) and everyone's gone BONKERS! Dad's dressing up as a banana and why has Cheese got a crown on his bottom? It's going to be the biggest street party they've ever had, until a letter from the Prince and Princess announcing the arrival of THEIR very own twins adds an extra-special surprise!

My Brother's Famous Bottom Gets Crowned!

Emma Laybourn

When Ben's father has to suddenly go away over the half-term holiday, he has a big surprise for Ben - a very special robot to take his place. The only problem is that like lots of Dad's robots, this one doesn't quite work as well as expected.

Robopop

Never leave a yummy pudding lying around! 
 
Dad makes a pudding that tastes like a whole raft of lemons and a night on the sea. But then he does something really silly. He goes for a nap and leaves Julian in charge. Bad idea. 
 
Before he knows it, Julian’s in a sticky situation. And that’s just one of his many adventures, which involve catalogue cats, cave-boy teeth . . . and a new next-door neighbour!

The Julian Stories

Mitchell Symons

A collection of wise and wacky words of advice, from the bestselling and double Blue Peter Best Book with Facts-winning Mitchell Symons. 
 
From the marvellous mind of Mitchell Symons comes such gems of wisdom as: 
You can't trust a dog to watch your food. 
Why buy shampoo when real poo is free? 
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, as you won't have a leg to stand on. 
And if getting even doesn't work, just get odd!

Don't Wipe Your Bum with a Hedgehog

AARGH - the school inspectors have arrived! 
 
There's trouble at school, but Casper and his friends have an out-of-this-world secret . . . THEY'RE ALL SUPERHEROES! Masher McNee and his monster zombie mob are no match for their extra-special powers in the playground. WHAM-BAM-JELLY-AND-JAM! 
 
With a snoring zombie giving Casper sleepless nights, and a gruesome discovery for show-and-tell, the Cartoon Kid is ready for anything - dead or alive! 
 
SPLUDDD!!!SPINNG!!!!BOOFFF!!!!! 
 
** Three funny stories in one book for 6+ by Jeremy Strong, the award-winning author of The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog and My Brother's Famous Bottom. 
** www.jeremystrong.co.uk 
** Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, and Liz Pichon's The Brilliant World of Tom Gates.

Cartoon Kid - Zombies!

Roald Dahl

Quentin Blake

Which famous writer goes best with a hot dog? Roll Dahl of course! 
 
Jokes, limericks, riddles, Knock knock and Doctor, doctor! Here is a perfect joke book for young children, specially themed around Roald Dahl's best-loved characters, such as Charlie, George, The BFG, Matilda, James and many more. 
 
Roald Dahl was always full of fun and mischief and loved all kinds of jokes - the sillier the better! From chocolate-covered chickens to grizzly grouchy grandmas to the disgusting Twits this marvellous collection has over 400 jokes, and includes Roald Dahl's very own, extremely silly 'Knock, knock' jokes - guaranteed to keep his fans amused for hours. 
 
Illustrated throughout by the inimitable Quentin Blake.

Roald Dahl's Marvellous Joke Book

Casper and his friends have a not-so-well-kept secret . . . they're all SUPERHEROES! That's right; no emergency is moo, sorry, TOO big for Mr Butternut's class, not even a herd of playground invading COWS! 
 
And when the school lunch trolley is raided by some pesky packed-lunch robbers, can Casper the Cartoon Kid save the day? 
 
Three funny stories in one book for 7+ by Jeremy Strong, the award-winning author of The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog and My Brother's Famous Bottom.

Cartoon Kid - Emergency!

Mitchell Symons has stats and stories to entertain and amaze you! 
 
Did the Olympians really compete in the buff? 
 
Which striker's shorts fell down when he was taking a penalty? 
 
Which sport consists of running while juggling? 
 
Which football team's fanzine is called Linesman, You're Rubbish?

On Your Farts, Get Set, Go!

Gretel Killeen

When Eppie falls into a pot hole, gets squashed to the size of a strawberry and becomes completely entangled in her brother Zeke's yo-yo, Zeke only has a day to get her back to normal. What follows is a hilarious high tale of escape, theft, bullies, brats, goody-goodies, garbage trucks, magic lamps, scabs, snot, bribery, bravery, a blind mum, a fat nurse and a boy on a bicycle covered in something very unsavoury - and that's only the beginning! This slapstick adventure, bursting with anarchic energy has enormous child-appeal for even the most reluctant reader.

My Sister's A Yo-Yo

GUESS what's coming to town!? The Animal Games! There'll be show jumping for horses AND rabbits and Discus for Dogs - so of course I have to enter Streaker. Mum says a CARROT is more obedient than my dog but I think she can do it - Streaker can go for GOLD!

The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog Goes for Gold!

Casper and his friends have an amazing ZEEOWWW! WHIZZ! SPLATT! secret - THEY ARE ALL SUPERHEROES! 
 
Which will come in very handy this Sports Day when a dog named JAWS is let off his lead. . . AARRGHHH! 
 
And what happens when Casper's vacuum cleaner swallows a HAMSTER? Find out in not just one, but THREE Cartoon Kid adventures. WHAM-BAM-JELLY-AND-JAM!

Cartoon Kid Strikes Back!

Kate Tym

LITTLE MISS NASTY Jeanie Badini is spoiled, selfish and spiteful and it's up to enterprising angels Colin, Mo and Ronnie to turn little Miss Nasty into little Miss Nice. Will the trying trio be able to make Jeanie see the error of her ways and understand the meaning of true friendship? Jeanie's looming birthday party will test the success of their work...

Angel Academy - Angels Down Below

Ever wondered . . . 
 
Why are slugs so slimy? 
 
Why does your skin go wrinkly in the bath? 
 
How clever is your right foot? 
 
What is the best thing to do if you fall into quicksand? 
 
And do igloos have loos? 
 
Mitchell Symons knows the answers . . . and now you will too!

Do Igloos Have Loos?

FANTASTI-BUBBLY-CRUMBO! 
 
When the Lovehart family receive a MEGA-MASSIVE delivery, there's only one thing it can be. An elephant of course! 
 
A gentle giant named Fudge has come to live with them - he can be a friend for their pet orang-utan, Batpants. But then Fudge mysteriously vanishes . . . he's been elephant-napped, for a ransom of TWO MILLION pounds! 
 
Who can save twinkle-toes Fudge? Never fear - Batpants is on the trail! 
 
Hoo hooo hooooo ha ha ha ha ha!

Batpants and the Vanishing Elephant

Steven Butler

Hullo, My Brandyburp! 
 
Neville's Grandma Joan is the grumpiest, most horrible old woman there's ever been. He'd rather eat left-sock stew than see her, and now she's coming to stay for a WHOLE weekend. Oh dungle droppings! 
 
Even worse, a whole family of stinky, swampy trolls will be visiting Neville at the SAME TIME! 
 
Can Neville hide his friends from nosy Grandma Joan or will she get the FRIGHT of her life?

The Wrong Pong: Holiday Hullabaloo

MEET CASPER! By day he's a regular school kid but by . . . later on in the day he's CARTOON KID! 
 
That's right - Casper is a SUPERHERO - but shhhhhh, keep it quiet because it's a SECRET! Casper, Big Feet Pete and Sarah Sitterbout are in for a shock when a MONSTROUS new teacher arrives. She says her name is Mrs Cloddle - ha! - CLODZILLA more like. Cartoon Kid to the rescue! 
 
And that's just ONE of their adventures in this laugh-out-loud book . . . WHAM BAM JELLY AND JAM!

Cartoon Kid - Supercharged!

Chris Fisher

One night, Neville Brisket wakes up from a strange dream - a dream that there is a horrible, stumpy finger stuck up his nose. Then he finds his room in a mess, and his dog in the laundry basket. 
 
Neville's investigations end sposhily, when he is whooshed down the toilet to the land of Under! In a case of mistaken troll-dentity, he finds himself part of a disgusting new family. Will anybody help Neville get back to Over, or will he be stuck eating rat patties and left sock stew forever? 
 
This hilariously delivered tale will delight and disgust parents and children alike.

The Wrong Pong

IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE... 
 
Arm yourself with the answers to top trivia such as: 
 
Why are porcupines so pongy? 
 
Why do angry monkeys fling their poo at each other? 
 
Why do ostriches pee on their own legs? 
 
Includes cool collector cards to swap with your mates.

That's So Gross!: Animals

GO MAD FOR MINIBEASTS! 
 
Discover the answers to top trivia such as: 
 
Does the dung beetle really stink? 
 
Why are caterpillars so muscly? 
 
Why would fleas be champion high-jumpers? 
 
Includes cool collector cards to swap with your mates.

That's So Gross!: Creepy Crawlies

NOXIOUS NOISES AND STINKY SMELLS . . . 
 
Amaze your mates with top trivia such as: 
 
Why do we puke and sweat? 
 
Which tribe uses farting as a greeting? 
 
How likely are you to be injured by a toilet seat?

That's So Gross!: Human Body

DID YOU KNOW . . . 
 
Square watermelons are sold in Japan? 
 
There is a River Piddle in Dorset? 
 
Americans use enough toilet paper daily to wrap around the world nine times? 
 
Mitchell Symons goes global - join him on his fun fact-finding world tour!

Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke

Dick King-Smith

Connie Button amazes her parents when she begins to speak - somehow she can add up even the biggest numbers in her head! And when Rollo says HIS first words, they are all in rhyme. But will Connie's brainy tricks get her into trouble? And can Rollo live a life in verse?

Connie & Rollo

You'll never GUESS what Mr Butternut said at school today: 
 
'This is your first day with me and I can see that there is something amazing about you . . . all of you are hiding a BIG SECRET.' 
 
And do you know what it is? We are all SUPERHEROES. I nearly fell off my chair! 
 
Then we had to choose our superhero names. I'm Casper the Cartoon Kid, my best friend's Big Feet Pete and moaning Noella Niblet - she's the Incredible Sulk! 
 
Now we can fight injustice AND Gory and Tory the Vampire Twins. They've stolen something that belongs to us and we want it back - WHAM-BAM-JELLY AND-JAM!

Cartoon Kid

Shirley Hughes

Charlie Moon's Auntie Jean runs a joke shop at the seaside. Charlie loves to go and stay there and try out the comic hats, masks, rubber spiders, fake flowers that squirt water, and cushions that squeak when you sit on them...even when his clever cousin Ariadne is staying, too.

Here Comes Charlie Moon

Malaika Rose Stanley

Miss Bubble is a super-cool teacher at Topley Primary School. The children in Rainbow Class have lots of fun with her. When Miss Bubble ends up in a spot of trouble, her parrot Shriek and her cat Milkshake try their best to help. But they need Rainbow Class to come to the rescue... 
 
A story in rhyme about a great teacher and her class.

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