| BARKLEM | Pen name of the children's author and illustrator Gillian Gaze, who wrote the seasonal autumn, spring, summer and winter stories based on the miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge (7) |
| AVI | Pen name of the children's author Edward Irving Wortis |
| WILD | Complete the name of the children's book: Where The ___ Things Are. (4) |
| GEISEL | Real surname of the children's author Dr Seuss |
| DRSEUSS | Pen name of the author and illustrator of a number of children's books including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat (2,5) |
| SCARRY | Richard ___, popular American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books, such as the Best Word Book Ever |
| JUDITH | Children's author and illustrator who created the feline character Mog, _ Kerr (6) |
| ERIC | ____ Hill, children's author and illustrator who created the puppy Spot (4) |
| MAURICESENDAK | US children's author and illustrator best known for 1963's Where the Wild Things Are (7,6) |
| SPOT | Fictional puppy created by English children's author and illustrator Eric Hill; first appeared in print in 1980 (4) |
| GREENAWAY | Author and illustrator of Under the Window and Birthday Book who also provided the pictures for an edition of Language Of Flowers (9) |
| GAY | Canadian children's author and illustrator |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | Children's author and illustrator (7,6) |
| HARGREAVES | Weaver from Lancashire who invented the spinning jenny; or, the author and illustrator who created the Mr. Men and Little Miss book series (10) |
| NORMANS | The Stormin' -; one of the books in the Horrible Histories series by the author-and-illustrator team |
| FATHERCHRISTMAS | Children's picture book by Raymond Briggs ___ the author and illustrator of The Snowman and The Bear (6,9) |
| SETON | Author and illustrator of animal books who co-wrote the first edition of Robert BadenPowell's Boy Scout Handbook (5) |
| POTTER | Children's writer and illustrator, one successful at table (6) |
| MIGRATION | The seasonal change of habitat as practised by birds and other animals (9) |
| WILSON | Children's author and creator of characters including Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker (6) |
