Natalie McKinnon is an early childhood educator with over 20 years' teaching experience in Australia. Margaret Tolland is a New Zealand artist and teacher with a 20-year career in arts education.

In 2014, Margaret was a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and she currently teaches at the Pataka Museum.

Margaret Tolland is an artist from New Zealand, whose illustrations are packed with detail. Through her work, get closer to the habitats and lifestyles of the many species, both flora and fauna, that she explores with an eye on environmental education. With twenty years' experience in visual arts education and working in a gallery, Margaret now illustrates full-time.