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Jeanne Willis (Author) Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle.Paddy Donnelly (Illustrator) Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator with a background in graphic design and app development who is thrilled to be making a living drawing dinosaurs – his 5 year old self is very happy about this. Paddy's books have won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, the White Ravens Book Award, the Judge’s Special Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Book Awards and the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award, and his work has also been longlisted for a YOTO Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Paddy lives in Belgium with his family.

Jeanne Willis is one of our funniest writers for children, but she can do poignancy and tenderness with equal skill... Illustrator Paddy Donnelly creates a wonderfully lush and vibrant desert island, and his characters are equally warm and alive