Sally-Ann Spence Editor

Mary Auld is an award-winning writer of children's information books, most notably How To Build an Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, former Editorial Director at Hachette and an honorary fellow of the English Association in recognition of her work in children's non-fiction. She lives in Nottinghamshire

Illustrator Hannah Bailey is a British illustrator who has established a reputation for her factual picture books and editorial work in publications for National Geographic, the Wildlife Trust and Soho House. When the Whales Walked (Words & Pictures) won the SLA Children's Choice Award for 7-12s, and in the US was an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students. Her previous book for Mama Makes Books, The Most Important Animal of All, was a Books for Topics' Best Book of 2021. She lives in Somerset with her family.

Sally-Ann Spence is both farmer and highly respected entomologist, Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the Linnaean Society, and an Honorary Associate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. She founded the UK Dung Beetle Mapping Project and Dung Beetles for Farmers. Find Sally-Ann and her son illustrated at the end of the book.