Deborah Chancellor trained as an primary school teacher before becoming an editor of children's books. She has written more than thirty books for children, including Maps and Mapping and Planet Earth in Kingfisher's Discover Science series and Weather in their Explorers series.

Anthony Lewis had a passion for drawing as a child and, encouraged by parents and teachers alike, he has successfully pursued a career as a freelance illustrator. He graduated from Liverpool School of Art in the UK and since then has illustrated more than 300 children’s books for publishers worldwide.