Written by Sue Wootton, an award-winning poet and story-writer who has published two collections of poetry (Hourglass and Magnetic South), and held the Robert Burns writing fellowship at Otago University in 2008. She lives in Dunedin and has three children. Illustrated by Carla Braun-Elwert who grew up in Lake Tekapo, amidst the stunning surroundings of the Mackenzie High Country. She has a degree in science communication, is a keen skier, and makes films on natural history.