"With luminous illustrations... this look-and-find journey through a series of ultra-colourful settings in different countries is simply astonishing The Independent"

James Mayhew studied illustration at Maidstone College of Art. In 1994 he won one of the New York Times's Ten Best Illustrated Books awards for his work on The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams (Walker). Recently he has been writing stories especially for illustrators. Jackie Morris is best known for her illustrations on Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became. She also collaborated with Caroline Pitcher on The Snow Whale, Mariana and the Merchild, The Time of the Lion and Lord of the Forest. The Seal Children, her first book for Frances Lincoln as both author and illustrator, won a Tir Na N-Og Award in 2005.