Brian Moses is a well-loved children's poet. He is a tireless visitor to schools and children love his funny and relevant poems and performances. Some of his best-known collections are The Secret Lives of Teachers and Elephants Can't Jump. This is Brian's second picture book for Puffin, a follow-up to the brilliant Beetle in the Bathroom which has sold 45,000 copies in the UK. Brian lives in Kent.
Garry Parsons is a new, young illustrator who has worked on the Blue Bananas series for Egmont as well as the other picture books, Emily's Perfect Pet (Gullane) and Billy's Bucket (Bodley Head) as well as Krong! which he also wrote. Garry lives in London.