Malachy Doyle writes a variety of picture books, story books and teenage novels. His first teenage novel, Georgie, won the Tir na nOg Award, and his picture book, Cow, won an English Association Award, both in 2002. Malachy now lives in a little seaside town in Wales, with his wife, Liz, and their two cats. ... Read more Gary Parsons has illustrated two other Reading Ladder books: The Wrong Kind of Bark and The Four Franks. He lives in London. Series consultant Nikki Gamble is the director of Just Imagine, a specialist resource and training centre for Primary English. She is Associate Consultant at the University of London, Institute of Education. Show Less