Read & Respond Engage: Farmer Duck by Catherine Baker (author), Jean Evans (author), Elspeth Graham (author), Paul Hollin (author), Sarah Snashall (author), Huw Thomas (author), and Donna Thomson (author)

Jean Evans is an early years consultant and nursery inspector.
For many years she ran her own nursery school and she has also been head of an LEA nursery unit/Early Years co-ordinator. She is the author of Themes on Display: All About Me, Themes on Display Festivals, Skills for Early Years Constructing and Making, Skills for Early Years Social Skills and Early Years Around the Year Personal, Social and Emotional Development. She is a regular contributor to Early Years Activity Bank and Nursery Education magazine.

Elspeth Graham is a freelance educational writer. She has written for many different publishers, including Longman, OUP and PCET.

Huw Thomas is headteacher of a Sheffield primary school. He is the series editor of Scholastic Literacy Centres and Writing Guides. His previous publications include Writing Guides: Scary Stories 7-9 and Pocket Guides: Understanding Texts.

Donna Thomson is a primary literacy specialist, researcher and educational writer.