Primary event The Missing Piece & Rapping Princess

FREE | livestreamed | for Key Stage 1 students

Join this special FREE livestreamed event with authors Jordan Stephens and Hannah Lee celebrating the Summer Reading Challenge! A partnership between Camden Libraries and the British Library.

Jordan Stephens, a writer and performer best known for being one-half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks, will read from his book The Missing Piece before answering questions from students. Hannah Lee will introduce her book The Rapping Princess with an interactive rap activity. Meanwhile the book’s illustrator Allen Fatimaharan will host a draw-along.

Aimed at Key Stage 1 students, this fun-packed event takes its inspiration from the British Library’s current exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music and celebrates this year’s Summer Reading Challenge theme: Marvelous Makers.

Students will:

 - Listen to author, TV presenter and musician Jordan Stephens reading his book The Missing Piece and ask Jordan questions about his book
 - Rap with Hannah Lee as they find out more about her hit picture book The Rapping Princess
 - Draw along with Allen Fatimaharan, illustrator of The Rapping Princess
 - Be inspired to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge and enjoy reading during the school holidays!

Please email students’ questions to learning@bl.uk with subject heading ‘Questions for Jordan Stephens’.

This event is suitable for Key Stage 1 students, but teachers are welcome to sign-up for other year groups as they feel appropriate.

The programme, which has been developed by the Learning Team at the British Library and Camden Library Services, has been designed to support literacy and reading for pleasure while also promoting representation in children’s literature.

Jordan Stephens is a writer and performer best known for being one-half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks, achieving fame at only 19. Jordan is now a writer, performer and campaigner. He’s also passionate about books and reading. Having been publicly open about his own struggles surrounding mental health, Jordan has also been very active in creating awareness around the stigma attached to it and helping young people to open up about how they feel. His picture book The Missing Piece was shortlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children award 2024.

Hannah Lee is an award-winning author from London. Her debut My Hair is a celebration of Black hair and her follow up The Rapping Princess is a fairytale about finding your voice. She loves travelling, bright colours and honey (it’s likely that in her past life she was a bee). Comedy and romance are her favourite genres and she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and meeting fab readers.

Allen Fatimaharan is an illustrator and animator. A recent World Book Day Illustrator, he has illustrated over a dozen books including the award winning My Hair and Llama Out Loud.