Author Bruce Walker was born at ‘Kirawin’, a merino property near Yass, NSW. He has a love of the rhyming word (be it Dr Seuss or Banjo Paterson) and has written several bush poems. Bruce also has a great love of sports, having played most. Illustrator Nettie Lodge is an Australian contemporary painter, author and illustrator of children’s books. She works in Sydney as a freelance artist and illustrator. Nettie’s inherent love of animals has steered her work and she sees her children’s picture books as a kind of love letter to the animals of the world, which she hopes will inspire kids.