VALERIE BLOOM is the author of poetry collections, picture books and fiction, with her poems included in numerous anthologies. Alongside public and media appearances, Valerie is renowned for her inspiring events in schools throughout the UK and internationally. She was awarded an MBE for services to poetry in 2008, and her solo collection of new poems Stars with Flaming Tails illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max (Otter-Barry Books) won the 2022 CLiPPA, the UK’s top award for published poetry for children. Her latest book The River’s a Singer illustrated by Sophie Bass (Macmillan Children’s, 2024), is a new selection including some of her best-known poems.
