Kathy Vanderlinden is a writer and an editor with an extensive background in children's literature. She is the author or co-author of four previous children's books, including Eco-Fun (also written with David Suzuki), which was nominated for a Silver Birch Award. One of the many titles she edited, Transformed, won the prestigious Norma Fleck Award for children's non-fiction in 2006. She lives in Victoria, B.C.
Wallace Edwards was raised in Ottawa, and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. He is an award-winning illustrator and won a Governor General's Children's Literature - Illustration Award in 2002 for his book Alphabeasts. Wallace lives in Toronto and is working on a number of children's books.
"...an outstanding title that can be utilized by teachers in science, health, and environmental studies classes or as a fun, inspiring read."--School Library Journal, starred review
"Incorporating content that varies from scientific to the personal to cultural--with folk tales juxtaposed next to scientific evidence--the book entices one to keep reading just to see what is on the next page."Science Magazine