Gemma Merino won the prestigious Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration in 2011, whilst studying for her MA in Children's Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. She is best known for her award-winning picture book, The Cow That Climbed a Tree, which won the Oscar's Book prize in 2016. Born in Catalonia, Gemma originally studied architecture in Barcelona and has worked in practices in Spain, Dublin, Tel Aviv and London, where she currently lives. Timothy Knapman has been writing plays, musicals and children's books for over 10 years and his books have been translated into 20 languages. He is known for his best-selling book, Dinosaurs in the Supermarket, and his stories have been heard on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.