That Bear Can't Babysit

Ruth Quayle used to be a newspaper and magazine writer and copyeditor, but she's much happier working from home as a freelance writer. When her three children aren't sending soccer balls whizzing past her ears and persuading her that sweets are healthy, they're saying funny things that she scribbles down and turns into stories. She lives in Buckinghamshire, England.

Alison Friend is the illustrator of several children's books, including Scrawny Cat by Phyllis Root, What Color Is Caesar? by Maxine Kumin, and the Bramble and Maggie stories by Jessie Haas. She also illustrates and designs greeting cards. Alison Friend has loved painting and drawing for as long as she can remember, especially animals, which she copied from wildlife books and encyclopedias as a child. She lives in South Yorkshire, England.