Mem Fox is an educator and international literacy expert, and her many acclaimed picture books for young children include Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!; Hello Baby!; Baby Bedtime; I'm an Immigrant Too; the bestselling modern classics Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes and Time for Bed; and, for adults, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She lives in Adelaide, Australia. Visit her at MemFox.com. Jill Barton is the illustrator of many books, including Grape Zoo, The Pig in the Pond (which was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award), In the Rain with Baby Duck (which won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award) and Rattletrap Car (which was highly commended for the 2002 Sheffield Children's Book Award.) Jill is now a grandmother and lives in Devon.