Jane Newberry spent over twenty years sharing music and rhyme with parents and toddlers, whilst bringing up her four children. Her weekly group of eight mushroomed quickly to four groups and over 100 children, with a diverse range of parents/carers and grandparents. Working for eight years with the National Childbirth Trust gave Jane a special insight into the challenges of 21st century parenting. She has taught her unique brand of playsongs to two separate nursery schools. Passionate about music education, she has published two songbooks, A Sackful of Songs and A Sackful of Christmas (Cramer Music). Jane lives in Cornwall, where she works as a freelance music education specialist with the National Trust as well as schools and nurseries.

Carolina Rabei comes from Moldova and gained a distinction in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Her style is a unique mix of traditional and digital techniques.

She is also the illustrator of the forthcoming Tickle Beetle collection of play rhymes for Otter-Barry Books.