Bob Gardiner is the author and illustrator of the 'Little Bob' series of books and has lived his own lifetime of adventures. Bob is a retired primary and secondary teacher with an abiding interest in children's literature, both from his teaching days and reading to his own children. He can still quote you lines from his primary school readers! Bob takes all the blame for the quirky illustrations and likes to remind people that he failed art in both school and teachers' college, but has come to love it again. Zhang Hai Qing was born in China at the height of the Cultural Revolution. She is now an Australian citizen who has worked in finance and has her own set of adventures. As co-author of the 'Little Bob' stories, Hai Qing has translated the stories into Chinese. Bob Gardiner is the author and illustrator of the 'Little Bob' series of books and has lived his own lifetime of adventures. Bob is a retired primary and secondary teacher with an abiding interest in children's literature, both from his teaching days and reading to his own children. He can still quote you lines from his primary school readers! Bob takes all the blame for the quirky illustrations and likes to remind people that he failed art in both school and teachers' college, but has come to love it again.