Julia Donaldson is the writer of many of the world's best-loved picture books, including The Gruffalo and the What the Ladybird Heard adventures She was Children's Laureate 2011-13, and was awarded a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband, Malcolm, divide their time between Edinburgh and West Sussex. They love the great outdoors and can often be found walking on the South Downs, identifying plants and minibeasts galore ...
including caterpillars ! Yuval Zommer graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Illustration. He worked for many years as a creative director in advertising agencies before turning his hand to writing and illustrating award-winning children's books, focusing on animals and the natural world. Yuval lives and works in an old house in London overlooking a small garden that is visited by foxes, birds, squirrels and many insects, some of which later find their way into his books.