About the Author

Ned Barraud has been illustrating children's books since 2000, after studying art at Victoria University. He has illustrated seven books in the highly successful Explore and Discover series of books about different ecosystems in New Zealand, and five other books on his own, including Watch out for the Weka, 2018's acclaimed book on insects' New Zealand's Backyard Beasts' and two further books in 2019, 'Tohorā' and 'Rock Pools'. He lives in Wellington with his wife and three children.