An experienced teacher and senior leader, Charlotte taught across the primary school age range before holding several posts including Assistant Headteacher and Leadership posts including Early Years and Literacy. Charlotte's special interests lie in Early Years, early reading development, the development of writing and the use of picturebooks and poetry to raise children's engagement and attainment. She leads the CLPE's ground breaking Power of Pictures research and developed the CLPE's Power of Poetry research project.

An experienced senior leader, Anjali taught children throughout the primary age range. She has been an assistant headteacher, led the KS1 phase and the EYFS as Head of 0-5s, been the leading teacher for mathematics and developed the role of teaching assistants. Anjali is a regular contributor to Teach Early Years magazine and her most recent article is 'Immersed in Verse'.

Darren is an experienced teacher who has taught across all phases in a range of London primary schools and held a wide number of different leadership posts, including Deputy Head Teacher, Subject Lead for English, ICT and Music, Early Years Foundation Stage, Assessment, Behaviour Management and Curriculum Development.

Gwyneth originally trained as a secondary school teacher and taught English as a second language in Hong Kong. She has over twenty years experience of working with projects for children and young people in both the education and voluntary sectors. Gwyneth manages the administration and logistics for the delivery of the Power of Reading project across England. She also supports the development of the programme by brokering contracts with Local Authorities, school academies, trusts and consortiums and Literacy organisations.

Ann has been a Librarian for 40 years, advising teachers, parents and publishers about children’s books. She has an MA in Children’s Literature and a long standing interest in and knowledge of international children’s literature, developed through her work at CLPE and with IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People. Ann has written articles for The School Librarian and Back to School magazines. Her most recent article is Ten of the Best Books about the Moon in Books for Keeps, July 2019.

Lindsey has a background in website management and business information research and has previously worked in public, corporate and legal sectors. She is responsible for the CLPE website. One of her favourite books as a child was Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild.

Siobhan is responsible for the book-keeping at CLPE whilst studying for her ACCA qualification. The book character Siobhan would love to be is a witch from Roald Dahl's The Witches

Sharon manages the course bookings and is also the contact for hiring rooms at CLPE. The book that made Sharon a reader was Heidi.