Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer (someone who compiles dictionaries) before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s. She has written and edited hundreds of children’s books, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts. Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.

Jo Litchfield is a modelmaker, writer and illustrator based in Derbyshire in the UK. She works in all kinds of media but is best known for her children's books. Jo has illustrated over 100 titles, some of which have been translated into over 35 languages and sold in the millions worldwide...