One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom. Nobody notices until . . . Polly scritches, Joshua scratches and soon the whole class is scritching and scratching. An itchingly good text and hilarious illustrations make this book a must for anyone who has ever had a nit.
Miriam is an award winning author of over 30 picture books - shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award with Wibble Wobble and winner of the Experian children's book award. She's also written Scritch Scratch, about nits, and Spotty Dotty, about chickenpox, for Orchard.
Miriam grew up in the Africa, China, The Yemen and Bahrain. She taught in the UK and in Kenya before becoming a writer. She has three children and lives in Sussex.
Delphine was born and brought up in Dijon. She studied illustration in Strasbourg and has been working as an illustrator ever since, working on both magazines and children's books.
For Orchard Books Delphine has teamed up with Miriam Moss for Scritch Scratch (October 2001)
Delphine has also illustrated for many publishers including Random House New York.
Delphine lives in Marseille, but works mainly in Paris.