Nick Butterworth is an enormously popular writer and illustrator of children's books. His most well-known creation, Percy the Park Keeper, has amassed sales of more than seven million, and has encouraged generations of children to take an interest in, and care for, the natural world around them. The 'Percy' books are even on the reading list for the National Curriculum now! His books have been published in more than twenty languages worldwide and he has won numerous awards, including the top award from the Society of Illustrators (for One Snowy Night) and the prestigious Nestle Gold Award for the critically acclaimed The Whisperer.