Speakers

Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an award-winning international storyteller, educationalist producer and consultant.

She is the creator of the well-loved, award-winning first Black British Animation, JoJo and Gran Gran global series, developed and produced by CBeebies, and is the series producer. Laura has a new children’s animation that is currently in development.

Laura has worked with several global brands, including Paramount, Mattel, Moonbug, Hasbro, John Lewis, Glastonbury and Bafta.

Her bestselling children's books include My Skin, Your Skin and My Family, Your Family, and Maya and Marley, which centres on an adventure playground.

Laura is a board member of the Children’s Media Foundation and vice president of The British Association of Early Childhood Education. She is also a patron of the Grenada Community Library, an expert commissioner on the Raising the Nation Play Commission national inquiry into play and the creator and presenter of the podcast My Words, My Book.