Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Sing along with Floella

About Floella Benjamin

Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1949 and came to England in 1960 as part of the Windrush generation. She has enjoyed a successful career as a children's presenter best known for the iconic BBC TV programmes Play School and Play Away and has also worked as an actress writer producer working peer and an active advocate for the welfare and education of children. Her broadcasting work has been recognized with a Special Lifetime Achievement BAFTA and an OBE. She published her childhood memoir Coming to England as a picture book bringing the inspiring and uplifting story of her life to a whole new generation of readers.Lydia Monks is one of the most original and bestselling picture book artists working today. Lydia illustrates several bestselling series including the What the Ladybird Heard adventures and Princess Mirror-Belle written by Julia Donaldson. Her distinctive use of colour and collage has won her critical acclaim and several awards including the Royal Mail Scottish Children's Book Award the Stockport Children's Book Award and multiple nominations for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author and illustrator of the Twit Twoo School picture books. Lydia lives in Sheffield.