Mike Barfield is an award-winning UK writer and cartoonist. His book 'A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You' - illustrated by Jess Bradley and published by Buster Books - won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with facts in 2021. Its follow-up, 'A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In-Between' is shortlisted for the LaughOutLoud Book Awards 2023. A third title in the series, 'A Day in the Life of an Astronaut, Mars and the Distant Stars' was published in February 2023. This series of books has been hugely popular both in the UK and the USA, and all around the worldAnother funny non-fiction title from Buster Books, The Wild Life of Animals, illustrated by Paula Bossio, was published in March 2023.