Barnes will become the children's books capital of the UK when the Barnes Children's Literature Festival returns on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June, with more than 100 fun family-friendly readings, workshops and performances for book fans of all ages.

Liz Pichon, the superstar creator of the Tom Gates series, the million selling author and doctor, Adam Kay, rock star comedian, David Baddiel and Gruffalo creator Axel Scheffler lead the line up.

Also on their way to Barnes are a few famous faces including the Green Wing actor and funny man Steven Mangan, the star of some of the UK's favourite family television shows including Horrible Histories and Ghosts, Simon Farnaby and BBC Radio One's Chris Smith.

The stellar line up continues with draw along genius, Rob Biddulph, the former Children's Laureate, the author and artist behind Charlie and Lola, Lauren Child, picture book favourites Lydia Monks and Nick Sharratt, and the author of the smash hit series Murder Most Unladylike, Robin Stevens.

Highlights include theatre workshops based on the award winning book The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson, a chance to meet the Ancient Egyptians with Mr Dilly, and family workshops with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and Aardman Animations, the Oscar winning studio behind Wallace & Gromit.

There will be plenty of entertainment too for the littlest book fans with performances of Paddington Bear's First Concert, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and The Rainbow Fish, and a very special appearance by Laura Henry-Allain with her beloved characters from the CBeebies television series, JoJo and Gran Gran. 'The Barnes Children's Literature Festival brings the whole community together for one weekend to promote the power of reading, writing and ideas to more and more children every year from all over London and the UK.

'The Festival has transformed Barnes into London's capital of children's literature and it is a source of huge pride that Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea was born here as well as so many of our favourite stories,' Director Amanda Brettargh said.