CATHERINE BARR studied Ecology at Leeds University and trained as a
journalist. While working as an editor at the Natural History
Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions:
Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert and Myths and Monsters. Her previous
books are The Story of Life and Elliot's Arctic Surprise. She lives
with her partner and two daughters.
STEVE WILLIAMS is a biologist with a degree in Marine Biology and
Applied Zoology from the University of Wales. His lifelong love of
wildlife was further inspired by eight years at sea, after which he
trained as a teacher, and now teaches science in a rural
comprehensive school in Wales. He is a beekeeper and lives with his
wife and two daughters.
AMY HUSBAND studied Graphic Art at Liverpool School of Art. Her
first picture book, Dear Miss, was winner of the Cambridgeshire
Children's Picture Book Award in 2010, and she also wrote and
illustrated Dear Santa, in the same series. Amy lives in York with
her partner, working in a studio with views of York Minster.
'A brilliantly clear and perfectly pitched account of the universe,
from the moment of the big bang to life on earth in the
present day.'--The Huffington Post
*The Huffington Post*
'Ably straddling the divide between humour and wonder.
With its accessible text and welcoming design, this is a perfect
book for the young space-farer'
*The Guardian*
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