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Mark Sperring has been hooked on books since he read Gobilino the Witch's Cat as a child. On leaving school he worked as a screen printer and a graphic designer before gravitating to the book trade, where he worked in many and various jobs within book selling -including a day spent dressed up as Mog the cat. Eventually, Mark wrote a children's book of his own and has since had a number of picture books published with a variety of publishers. Mark lives in Bristol and likes nothing more than reading a good book whatever it's genre. Britta Teckentrup is an illustrator, fine artist and writer. She was born in Hamburg, Germany, and went on to study at St Martins College and the Royal College of Art in London. Britta has created over 40 books, translated in 20 languages worldwide, and her artwork has been shown at exhibitions all over the world. The Wheels on the Bus was Britta's first title with Orchard, closely followed by The Memory Tree, a touching story that sensitively deals with the loss of a loved one. Britta's titles She lives and works in Berlin with her artist husband and their young son.