This book is stuffed with the fastest, brightest, longest, funniest, weirdest, wildest, wettest, saddest, brainiest, and fascinating-est things in the world.
Writing is more fun if you live in interesting places. Jan Payne and husband Tony have lived on a houseboat on the Thames - on an island in Scotland and at the moment in a farmhouse in France.
For a while they ran a children's pop-up card company called Payne Family Cards.
For the last few years they have concentrated on writing stories for children. Simple stories like Plummet and The Hippo-NOT-amus for very young children. Funny stories, like Not Again Annie, for children who are a little bit older.
Mike Phillips has been an illustrator for over 25 years and has worked on many children’s books, including the
Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides and the
Horrible Geography series. He works in both traditional and digital mediums, fiction, nonfiction, educational, greeting cards and cartoons.