Joyce Dunbar is famous for her lively and quirky picture books with a wide emotional range, all of which revel in the joy of language and the playfulness of words. She can be funny (Eggday), serious (This is the Star), gentle (Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep) or adventurous (Shoe Baby). Her classic Mouse and Mole series has been recorded as audio books by Alan Bennett. Joyce Dunbar has written more than eighty books, translated into 20 languages worldwide. She lives in Norwich. Polly Dunbar, daughter of Joyce Dunbar, is the internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue and the Tilly books. She has also illustrated several bestselling picture books with Margaret Mahy, the iconic New Zealand author, including Bubble Trouble, Down the Back of the Chair and The Man from the Land of Fandango. She lives in Hove, East Sussex, with her partner and their son.