Catherine Bruzzone has more than 20 years experience teaching languages to children and developing innovative language-learning programs.

She is the author of the Childrens Classics series, the Lucy Cat series and many other series for b small publishing.

Clare was brought up in North London where she still lives and works. Having studied graphics and illustration at art college, Clare went straight to work for the BBC as an illustrator for children's programmes. Clare still illustrates and writes lots of felt, fabric collage, pen and ink, and paper collage books for children.

Clare was brought up in North London where she still lives and works. Having studied graphics and illustration at art college, Clare went straight to work for the BBC as an illustrator for children's programmes. Clare still illustrates and writes lots of felt, fabric collage, pen and ink, and paper collage books for children.