Douglas Florian an award-winning poet and fine artist who has had much success with poetry collections that he has both written and illustrated. Frequently using wordplay, rhythm, and rhyme in his poetry and crayons and paper bags in his illustrations, he consistently uses humor to engage his young audience. He has written and illustrated two I Like to Read books for Holiday House, Pig Is Big on Books and Pig and Cat Are Pals. He has read his poetry at Carnegie Hall, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Poets House, and The White House, and his abstract paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows. He lives and works in New York City.

Christiane Engel is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator whose work includes ABC Yoga and ABC Mindful Me (Quarto).

She loves creating quirky characters, map illustrations and using her own hand-lettering in her projects across publishing and advertising. Christiane lives in South East England with her family.