We Can!
What kind of world do children want to live in? Can we all come together to make a difference and make our world a better, safer, greener, kinder place?
YES, we can! Join 15 children as they plan and deliver an amazing We Can! festival - a joyous, peaceful call to action, with green activities, mural-making, mindfulness and kindness along the way, beautifully depicted in words and pictures by the bestselling creators of You Can! We Can! was created with real children, who sent messages of hope and practical suggestions for helping to make our world the best it can be.Alex Strick devotes her time to writing and consulting on great books that include all children. She is co-author of Max the Champion (with Sean Stockdale and Ros Asquith), You Can with Steve Anthony, and co-founder of Outside In World (supporting children’s books in translation) and consultant to BookTrust. And as co-founder of Inclusive Minds, she’s particularly proud to have set up a network of Inclusion Ambassadors – young people with lived experience who share their knowledge with book creators. Alex lives in Surrey, England.
Steve Antony is an award-winning writer and illustrator of picture books, having sold over one million books world-wide. Steve has contributed work towards LGBTQ+ anthology Proud, Drawing Europe Together and Kind. He is Swindon Libraries Patron to Children’s Reading Services, an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and a committee member of The Society of Authors Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group. Steve lives in Swindon, Wiltshire.