Margaret Wild is one of Australia's most prolific, multi-award winning picture book writers. With Little Hare, she has publishd Kiss, Kiss!, Hush, Hush! and Itsy-bitsy Babies. Jan Ormerod has written over 60 books and is published in 21 countries. Her first book,'Sunshine', won the Mother Goose Award, was voted Book of the Year by the Children's Book Council of Australia and was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author of 'Lizzie Nonsense'. Carol Thompson is the award-winning illustrator of numerous books for children. Her work has been published by HarperCollins, Walker Books, Candlewick Press, Orchard Books, Simon and Schuster, Oxford University Press and Bloomsbury. She has illustrated 'Chill' and 'Thuderboomer'.