Biographical note

Giles Andreae is the author of many top-selling, award-winning picture books. These include Elephant Me, Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top-selling living poet. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four children by the river in Oxfordshire. Nikki Dyson is the bestselling illustrator of Oscar the Hungry Unicorn, Oscar the Hungry Unicorn Eats Christmas and You're Called What?! Her other books include Dinosaurs Don't Have Bedtimes, Zippo the Super Hippo and Mack and the Missing Cheese. She lives in Northamptonshire. Find Nikki online at nikkidysonillustration.co.uk and on Twitter @DoodleDyson.