Roopa Farooki was born in Lahore in Pakistan, and brought up in London. She graduated from New College, Oxford in 1995 and worked in advertising before turning to write fiction for adults, two of which were nominated for the Orange Prize. Not satisfied with being a prize-winning, internationally successful author, Roopa then decided to train as a doctor. Roopa lives in North London with her husband and children. Ali is a journalist and BBC broadcaster who has written over 40 books for young readers including The Shapeshifter and Switch series. She has won numerous book awards including The Blue Peter Book of the Year for Frozen in Time.

A reading library with motivation at its heart, to get more children reading more Books for Sharing picture books - including stories, non-fiction and poetry - allow all children to experience spine-tingling reading sessions and inspire them to read more Stories, non-fiction, graphic texts and character mini-series in our Independent Library are aligned to Oxford Reading Levels, to enable children to find a book they love with the right level of challenge Expertise drawn from evidence and research is baked into the books by our specialists on reading motivation, diversity and inclusion, shared reading, knowledge and vocabulary Books unlock classroom language with Useful words chosen from the Oxford Vocabulary Framework Built-in links between the books' topics, vocabulary, characters and authors help motivate children to keep on reading Closely aligned to new guidance from the Department for Education's Reading Framework 2023