About the Author

Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK.

Melanie Williamson is an illustrator who loves all things bright and quirky. She collaborated on a poetry anthology titled My First Oxford Book of Nonsense Poems (Oxford University Press, 2002). Melanie lives in Manchester, UK.

Hailed as the "pioneers of Boston's Latin music scene" by WBUR, the Amador Family are talented musicians and bilingual voiceover artists in English and Spanish. Brian, Rosi, Alisa and Zia are based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and work together and individually as voiceover artists.