Simon Basher is the creator and illustrator of more than a dozen internationally best-selling books for children including the critically acclaimed Basher Science series ( The Periodic Table , Chemistry , Astronomy and more), the Go! Go! Bobo books and Basher's ABC . Based in London, Basher specialises in "graphic surrealism" and his original artwork is regularly exhibited and sold in the UK, Europe, USA and Asia. Mary Frances Budzik is the author of previous Basher Basics titles Grammar , Punctuation and Creative Writing . She has a BA in English Literature from Boston College and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University. She lives in Connecticut, USA.