Janice Bland is Professor of English Education, Nord University, Norway, where she prepares student teachers for the teaching of English language and literature at the primary and secondary level. Her core interests in ELT are creative writing, children’s literature from picturebooks to young adult fiction, visual and critical literacy and global issues, intercultural learning and drama methodology. Janice is editor-in-chief of Children’s Literature in English Language Education journal and author of Children’s Literature and Learner Empowerment (2013) with Bloomsbury Academic. Her edited volumes include Teaching English to Young Learners – Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds (2015) and Using Literature in English Language Education: Challenging Reading for 8–18 Year Olds (2018).