Nicola Baxter has written or compiled over three hundred children's titles. She has developed ideas for a wide variety of international publishers, and particularly enjoys the marriage of words and pictures that children's books entails. Cathie Shuttleworth was trained in calligraphy, heraldry and illumination, but her real love is illustration for children's books. Her beautifully detailed artwork has attracted admirers from all over the world. Through her work with the Royal College of Arms, she has produced coats of arms for the wedding of HRH Prince Andrew, and also a guide to Buckingham Palace.