International Best-Selling Kiwi Children’s Musician and Author, Deano, aka Mr Yipadee, continues to top the UK Children’s Best-Sellers Charts time and time again.

Living in Europe, Mr Yipadee performs on some of the world’s biggest stages. In addition to headlining the Kidz Field at Glastonbury, he tours New Zealand with best-selling Wonky Donkey author Craig Smith, and works with script writers whose credits include Bob The Builder, Thomas and Friends, and BING.

Deano has collaborated, with numerous TV stars and has even interviewed international superstar, Justin Timberlake.

The Yipadee pre-school apps have been amongst the top 10 most downloaded free apps for kids in the UK

Paul Beavis is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. He is the author of three critically acclaimed picture books and has illustrated several stories for other authors, most notably Deano Yipadee's Nee Naw series. His work has been praised for its ‘emotional and psychological depth but with all the lightness of touch and humour one could hope for’ (Sarah Forster in the The Reader) as well as for its quirky characters, gorgeous use of colour and being just the right level of naughty to delight young audiences.

In 2015 he received the Russell Clark Award for Illustration for Mrs Mo’s Monster, which was described by the UK’s Independent as an ‘explosively illustrated fable…a real find’. Originally from London, Paul studied at St Martin’s School of Art and worked in a variety of creative roles including children’s animation and web design before going freelance. He moved to New Zealand in 2012. Nowadays Paul writes and illustrates full time from his home near Wellington, where he lives with his wife and their young son.