Nikki Hatchett 

When authors get into character – in pictures

World Book Day: Neil Gaiman, Malorie Blackman, Benjamin Zephaniah, Michael Rosen and a galaxy of Britain’s best-loved writers and storytellers have transformed themselves into the characters they most loved as children
  
  


Neil Gaiman as Badger, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
Neil Gaiman as Badger, from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
National Storytelling Laureate Katrice Horsley as Mary Poppins, from Mary Poppins by PL Travers. With kind permission of the PL Travers Estate and the Mary Shepard Estate.
National storytelling laureate Katrice Horsley as Mary Poppins, from Mary Poppins by PL Travers. With kind permission of the P L Travers Estate and the Mary Shepard Estate. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Malorie Blackman prepares to become The Wicked Witch of the West.
Malorie Blackman prepares to become The Wicked Witch of the West. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman as The Wicked Witch of the West, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum.
Children's laureate Malorie Blackman as The Wicked Witch of the West, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Michael Rosen as Till Eulenspiegel
Michael Rosen as folkloric trickster figure Till Eulenspiegel. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Jamila Gavin as Hanuman the monkey god from the Ramayana.
Jamila Gavin as Hanuman the monkey god from the Ramayana. Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Benjamin Zephaniah prepares for his photoshoot. Who do you think he is going to be?
Benjamin Zephaniah prepares for his photoshoot. Who do you think he is going to be? Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
Katherine Rundell prepares for her photoshoot. Who do you think she is going to be?
Katherine Rundell prepares for her photoshoot. Who do you think she is going to be? Photograph: Cambridge Jones Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Story Museum
 

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