Gareth P. Jones (Author) Gareth P Jones is a writer and performer who is the author of two long-running series: The Dragon Detective Agency and Ninja Meerkats. His books have won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Prize, among many other awards. Gareth lives in South East London and divides his time between writing books, producing TV programmes, spending time with his wife and son, and playing the slightly ludicrous number of stringed instruments in his front room.Garry Parsons (Illustrator) Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including the bestselling The Dinosaur That Pooped series. Garry’s illustrations have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture-book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian Whybrow and Peter Bently. He has also illustrated the popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers. Garry lives in London with his young family and old dog.

Parsons’ jaunty, full-color acrylic illustrations provide lots of fun and cartoonish detail, and they are a clever companion to Jones’ rhyming, sea-shanty-like verses.