Nick Sharratt is one of today's best-loved children's illustrators, and has more than 100 books to his name. Nick's Macmillan picture books include his best-selling collaborations with Julia Donaldson on Chocolate Mousse for a Greedy Goose, Hippo Has a Hat, One Mole Digging a Hole and Toddle Waddle. Nick lives in Brighton with his partner, and works in a studio overlooking the sea.

Stephen Tucker has teamed up with Nick Sharratt to create the very successful Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tale series for Macmillan. Their witty retellings in modern-day rhyme are the perfect introduction to fairy tales. Stephen lives in Brighton, where he works as a teacher.