Simon James is an award-winning author and illustrator of picture books for children. His critically acclaimed titles include George Flies South (978-1-4063-2886-8), the Baby Brains series, Dear Greenpeace (978-1-4063-0848-8), The Wild Woods (978-0-7445-9805-6), The Day Jake Vacuumed (978-1-4063-0845-7) and Leon and Bob (978-1-4063-0849-5), which won the Smarties Book Prize Silver Medal and was nominated as the New York Times' Best Illustrated Book of the Year in 1997. Simon lives in Plymouth, Devon. www.simonjamesbooks.com