Amanda O'Neill I Gareth Lucas

Amanda O'Neill has worked in education since 1976 and has been a freelance writer and editor since 1986. She has written books on a wide range of subjects, including many on the animal kingdom with titles such as I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skin. Amanda lives in Leicestershire with her family, rescue cat Jess and a whole host of reptiles, bugs and other creatures. Gareth Lucas is an illustrator and designer from Essex, England. After studying at Brighton and Central Saint Martin's Art Schools, he has worked on a variety of children's books centred around the natural world. In 2016, he was the winner of the Sainsbury?s Childrens Book Awards for Peekaboo A to Z. He is the illustrator of I Wonder Why: The Sea Is Salty and I Wonder Why: Camels Have Humps.