About the Author

Magdeleine Lerasle has been an early childhood educator and researcher specialising in teaching language to children for more than 30 years. She has worked in several countries outside of France, including Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

Paul Mindy is a percussionist, singer, composer, and arranger who received the Georges Brassens Prize in recognition of his Brazilian music. He is the musical producer for "Songs from the Baobab" and "Songs in the Shade of the Flamboyant Tree."

Aurelia Fronty is a painter, illustrator, amd textile artist. She studied at the ecole Superieure des Arts Appliques Duperre in Paris and used to work for top fashion labels (Christian Lacroix Maison, Fragonard). She has illustrated many children's books that have been translated in several languages.