Daniel Thompson is an award-winning UK children's author and poet whose books celebrate imagination, empathy and big feelings in little people. He has written picture books for HarperCollins Children's Books including Being You, Outside In and All of Me, and titles for Collins Big Cat such as Escape Room and Giraffe in Space. Alongside his more heartfelt stories, Daniel also loves writing funny, playful poetry for younger readers, filled with silliness, surprises and laugh-out-loud moments. He regularly visits schools and festivals, leading interactive sessions that encourage children to fall in love with words. Daniel lives in the UK and is usually thinking about his next story. Felishia Henditirto grew up in a small motorcycle shop located in Sumedang, Indonesia. Although looking at her father running his dream shop was fun, she dreamed of something different. Illustrating stories is her biggest passion, she always has a thirst for magic so she tries to create it in her illustrations. When Felishia is not working, she can be found behind a book (almost always) or behind a cashier, helping her family run the motorcycle shop.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. My room was no more, and instead, what I saw Was a room with six sides, And each side had a door. Join one young boy as he tries to find the key that will help him to get out of the Escape Room in this exciting story in verse adventure. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support for exploring poetry, and stimulating activities. Text type: A story in verse