Alice B. McGinty often stops to look, listen, and wonder, which has led her to write over fifty fiction and nonfiction children’s books that capture the truths and mysteries of life and nature. Her books include Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World, The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney, The Sea Knows, and the award-winning picture book biography, Gandhi: A March to the Sea. Alice lives in Champaign, Illinois, and spends her time seeking wonders, always looking for inspiration for her next books.

David Roberts is the author-illustrator of the Dirty Bertie books and the illustrator of many books for children, including the Kate Greenaway-shortlisted The Dunderheads, written by Paul Fleischman, the bestselling Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist, both written by Andrea Beaty and Julian Clary's The Bolds series. Born in Liverpool, he now lives in London.