Dance in a Ring

Jedda Robaard is a bestselling Australian author and illustrator who has created over 50 children’s books. Her work is sold internationally and has been translated into numerous languages, including French, Dutch, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Korean, and Chinese. Jedda’s most recent publication The Littlest Penguin was the winner of the 2024 Environment Award for Children's Literature. In addition to books, Jedda has designed children’s ranges for Maxwell & Williams and greeting cards for the Nuovo Group. She also shares her love of illustration by teaching watercolour classes to both children and adults at ArchaicaSchola Studio in Hobart, Tasmania.

Mike is an award-winning writer and a Literacy Consultant with eight titles selected as ‘Notable Books’ by the Children‘s Book Council of Australia. Other awards include Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year, Muddled-up Farm, 2004 and CBCA Honour Book, Cat, 2008. In 2005 Mike received the Federal Minister’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Improving Literacy, which recognised his work both as an educator and a writer over an extended period. In his spare time, Mike enjoys reading, travelling, trying to keep fit, listening to jazz and watching sport.