Nicola Davies is a zoologist and award-winning author whose many books for children include Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature, illustrated by Mark Hearld; Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, illustrated by Emily Sutton; and The Day War Came, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. Nicola Davies lives in Wales.
Salvatore Rubbino is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including A Walk in New York, Just Ducks!, written by Nicola Davies, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and Our Very Own Dog, written by Amanda McCardie. He lives in London.

Still reeling from his mother's death and against his father's wishes, Javier secretly rescues and cares for an albatross who needs to find her way home, in this beautiful story of a father and a son, of grief and reconnection.