Karen Wallace was born in Canada and grew up in the backwoods of Quebec, but moved to the UK when she was 11 years old. She worked in publishing for several years before becoming a full time writer in 1991. She has had over 100 books published by Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Collins and OUP. In 2002 she was nominated for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for her beautifully simple memoir, RASPBERRIES ON THE YANGTZE. Karen has another title in the I AM READING series, OOH LA LA LOTTIE! She lives in Kington, Herefordshire.

Graham Percy is a prestigious artist with a strong international reputation. His many best-selling titles include THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and A CUP OF STARSHINE (Walker). Most recently, he published his own alphabet book with Random House US. Graham lives in south west London.