Ant Parker is known for his distinctive, vibrant work in books such as Charlie Chick . His artwork has been animated for BBC Children's TV and he illustrated the bestselling Amazing Machines picture-book series. His other titles include the pop-up counting book 10 Little Monsters , and an I Am Reading title: JJ Rabbit and the Monster . Ant lives in London. Tony Mitton has been reading and writing since he was 9. He began writing specifically for children while still working as a primary school and special needs teacher. He now works full-time as a writer and sometimes performs his poems in schools and libraries. His picture books include Down by the Cool of the Pool (with Guy Parker-Rees) and The Somethingosaur (with Russell Ayto).

He was recently contracted to rewrite the English verse texts for Dick Bruna's Miffy series of preschool books.