Wendy Cooling is a highly respected figure in the children's book world. A former teacher, she is the founder of the Bookstart programme and has edited story collections for Puffin, Orion and Collins, poetry anthologies for Franklin Watts and has retold traditional tales for Barefoot Books. Wendy lives in Hertfordshire. PIET GROBLER grew up on a farm in Limpopo, South Africa. After working as a church minister, he made a career in illustration and now lectures at the University of Worcester. His awards include a Golden Apple at the Biennale for Illustration, Bratislava, the Octogone de Chene, the Primo Alpi Apuane, the Noma Concours, the Alberto Burnichon Prize, the IBBY Honour List and severalSouth African awards. His Frances Lincoln books include Beverley Naidoo's The Great Tug of War and Katharine Quarmby's Fussy Freya. Piet lives in Great Malvern with his wife and daughter. Find out more at www.http/pietgrobler.com