Nicola Davies graduated in Zoology from King's College, University of Cambridge, before becoming a presenter for The Really Wild Show and the BBC Natural History Unit. She is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Promise , Tiny , A First Book of Nature and Whale Boy .Abbie Cameron studied illustration at University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Abbie's first published books were the Animal Surprises series, which then went on to inspire the How to Draw series. Abbie was highly commended for the Penguin Random House Design Awards 2014 and Animal Surprises made the Klaus Flugge Prize for Most Exciting Newcomer to Picture Books longlist in 2017.