About the Author

Helen Martin is an award-winning writer and director. She has been an early childhood producer on television programs such as Play School and Hi-5. Judith Simpson is an award-winning producer/director and executive producer of children's and educational television programs. She worked for the ABC for more than twenty-five years. After that, she focussed on writing, mainly information material, and her work has ranged from books for very small children to adults. Currently, she is writing with Helen Martin to produce the ABC Book of ... series.  Cheryl Orsini is a much loved illustrator, author and designer. She has illustrated nearly seventy children's books, including The Travelling Bookshop series, The Fairy Dancers and Little Book Baby. Her work appears in magazines and murals, and on TV in Gardening Australia Junior. Visit her at cherylorsini.com