Peter Bently was born in Hampshire. The son of an army bandmaster, he grew up in Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as the UK, going on to study languages at Oxford University. He lives in Devon with his wife, son and daughter. Steven Lenton has been the winner of the Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children's Book of the Week. He also illustrates fiction for David Baddiel, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and is the Sainsbury's Prize-winning illustrator of The Nothing to See Here Hotel series.
'A whole new generation is bound to be enchanted by the story', Jo Clarke, Book Lover Jo 'Bently and Lenton have succeeded in bringing this fantastic story to life for a new generation and we found this an absolute delight to read', Books for Boys