Philip Steele is an experienced author and editor who has been writing books for children and adults on a wide range of topics, including history, geography and cultural themes, for over 20 years. He is the author of educational books such as Kingfisher Readers: Arctic and Antarctic (Level 4: Reading Alone). He lives in North Wales, United Kingdom. Thea Feldman is the author of dozens of books for young children, including non-fiction and fiction titles for Disney and Animal Planet and the Kingfisher Readers series. She writes on a wide range of subjects, with natural history as one of her main areas of interest. She also writes about the practice of teaching reading.