Toni D’Alia is a Melbourne-based author of children’s books and contemporary fiction. With a background in primary education, Toni writes heartwarming stories to inspire, educate, empower and entertain. Her children’s stories have humour, heart and a gentle focus on wellbeing and the environment. Mimi Purnell is an illustrator and graphic designer born in England and now living in Australia. After completing a degree in Creative Industries she designed for agencies, animations and films and is now focusing her time on creating sweet illustrations and spending lots of time outdoors.

‘[A] breath of fresh air. Full-page illustrations, bursting with life and color, show the smiling worms as part of a thriving ecosystem. Using very simple, upbeat language, rhyming couplets describe the basics of a worm’s role as a decomposer, soil aerator, and food source for birds.’ – Booklist