Joy Cowley is one of the world's most loved writers and has written many books for both adults and children, including over 400 books specifically for early readers. She has won Book of the Year three times at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards and is still writing full-time for both adults and children. Joy has many awards including a D.Litt. Roberta Long Medal (USA), and was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005.Philip Webb is a children's book illustrator. He has won many awards and illustrated a great number of well-known children's books, including Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig.