Lynne Rickards was born in Canada and now lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She grew up reading Dr Seuss books and as a result she loves writing in rhyme. Her picture book Pink! was nominated for a Royal Mail Book Award. She is the author of the Puffin Adventures Picture Kelpies: Lewis Clowns Around, Harris the Hero and Skye the Puffling. Jon Mitchell graduated with a BA Hons in Graphic Design from Wolverhampton Polytechnic. He worked as an architectural illustrator before joing Ragdoll Productions, where he illustrated TV characters such as the Teletubbies and Rosie and Jim. Jon has been working as a freelance illustrator for the last fifteen years and has illustrated numerous children's books including Flat Stanley. He lives in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

Deep in the woods, in a crooked old tree, lived two little squirrels, with Mum, who made three. Hazel was brave -- a flash and a flurry, while Rowan was shy, and tended to worry.