Or maybe you’ve wanted to know what was the inspiration for George in the Famous Five books? What word game did Lewis Carroll invent? What’s in Valerie Bloom’s fan mail?

These are all questions that can be answered by visiting our new digital exhibition which showcases the stories behind the stories from the last hundred years of children’s literature.

Specifically designed with children in mind, for them to explore on their own or with their class, friends or family, our digital exhibition features works from some of the best-selling and most influential authors, illustrators, editors and publishers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Phillip Pullman, John Agard, Sarah Garland, Valerie Bloom, Aidan Chambers, Nick Sharratt, Pearl Binder and Michael Morpurgo.