Books by Margaret Bateson-Hill

Margaret was born and grew up in Blackpool. At University she studied Drama and English, going on to run drama workshops for children. She now lives in Brixton, S London - one of the cross roads of the world where many cultures and people meet. Margaret has published Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain, Mash and the Firebird (which won the English Association's Best Illustrated Picture Book in 1999 Shota and the Starquilt (winner of the USA's National Parenting Publishing Awards' gold award) and Chanda and the Mirror of Moonlight which was also illustrated by Karin Littlewood and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. Karin was born and grew up in Yorkshire. She graduated from the University of Northumbria with a BA in graphic design, going on to do an MA in illustration in Manchester, and she has been illustrating ever since. Karin's first book was Lonely Whale. Other books are Gemma and The Broody Hen, Billy's Sunflower and Sun Slices, Moon Story, as well as Margaret Bateson-Hill's last story Chanda and the Mirror of Moonlight.