Biographical note

Alex Ayliffe is a bestselling, award-winning writer and artist. Her distinctive papercut illustrations are bright and bold with lots of childappeal. Alex has illustrated many books for children and won the Sainsbury's Best Book for Babies award and the Children's Book of the Year Award at the Christian Booksellers Convention. She is the illustratorof My Very First Bible, My Very First Prayers, TheEaster Story and The Good Samaritan, and many more Lion Children's books. She has travelled extensively in Europe, Africa, and Australia. Allia Zobel Nolan is an internationally-published, award-winning authorof over 170 children's and adult trade titles with close to three million books in print. Her books reflect her two main passions, God and cats.Among other places, her work has also been featured in The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Irish Independent News, The Hartford Courant, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. LOIS ROCK has established an international reputation as a children's writer. Specialising in Bible stories, prayer books, and information books, her books have been translated into over 30 languages with sales of 4million copies.