Collection: Ann Bryant
Ann Bryant is the author of over 125 books, roughly 75% children’s fiction, including the best-selling Ballerina Dreams series, and 25% Primary School music resources including the award-winning books Teaching Key Stage 1 Music and Pictures, Poems and Percussion. She
has narrated her books in the series ‘Introducing Classical Music Through Stories at The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and at the Royal Festival Hall, and has narrated her picture book Peter and the Timber Wolf many times with Kidenza Orchestra in 2019 and also at the Gibraltar International Literary Festival in 2023.
As well as writing character and story-based music curriculum for pre-schools in India, Ann held a three-year tenure as Patron of Reading for all the primary schools in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and in February 2024 became Patron of Reading for a primary school in Kent. In 2023 Hal Leonard published Instant Primary Music Lessons, comprising 33 lessons each with a piece of classical music introduced through an original story. The book is short listed for an award at the Drama and Music Expo 2024. Ann has recently written the Learning Resources for a brand-new CBeebies programme called Yukee and is currently working with ALT Animation developing a series for TV for pre-schoolers, about listening.
Ann regularly enjoys school author visits both in the UK and internationally, giving workshops and presentations, which always include a music/drama element.
