Reading for Pleasure Without Ranking | Series 1, Episode 44
Season 1, Episode 44 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for August 2026 and Reading for Pleasure Without Ranking.
Tom Tinn-Disbury author page
Tom Tinn-Disbury biography
Tom Tinn-Disbury is a UK children’s author and illustrator represented by the Bell Lomax Moreton agency.
He studied animation at university. After working in film and broadcast television, he shifted his focus to making picture books.
Tom uses a combination of pens, pencils, paint and digital tools (Photoshop) in his artwork.
His books as both author and illustrator include The Caveman Next Door (2019), which was runner-up in the Cambridge “Read It Again” Awards, My Summer with Grandad (2021), Lost in the Clouds and Brian the Dancing Lion.
He is also illustrator of books by other authors, among them Monster Max and the Bobble Hat of Forgetting by Robin Bennett.
A forthcoming work is Duck Delivers, due for release on 17 February 2026.
Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips
Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips 
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