Miranda Smith has written and edited information books and articles for children and adults. Like the children she writes for, she likes to explore and find out about new things.Professor Mike Benton was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014 for his fundamental contributions to understanding the history of life.Jenny Wren is a freelance Illustrator who lives and works in Lichfield, Staffordshire. She mainly undertakes children's book projects, and has worked for Igloo, Parragon and Caterpillar Books.Xuan Le is an illustrator based in Saigon, Vietnam. She likes to work in digital, and practical formats, combining strong colours with eccentric details, mixing past, future and surreal worlds together.⁠Max Rambaldi draws mostly with my graphic tablet, but loves the freshness of watercolors and the mellowness of the acrylics. What she loves more than anything is scientific children books.

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