The Panda''s Child

About Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris is a bestselling writer and artist. Her almost uncanny ability to draw and paint living landscapes and wildlife began around the age of six when she watched her father draw a lapwing and wanted to learn the same magic. Born in Birmingham she grew up in Evesham but has lived for a long time in Wales in a small cottage held together by spiders webs. As a writer and illustrator she has many books to her name; of which The Lost Words in collaboration with Robert Macfarlane is the best known. For Otter-Barry Books she has written among others the three much-loved Mrs Noah books The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes and Something About a Bear. Cathy Fisher was born in Australia and grew up in Bath England. Her art combines a deep connection with the natural world with a tender insightful rendering of human emotion and behaviour. She has collaborated with Nicola Davies on eight books including Perfect and The Pond both longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Cathy has lived and worked in the UK the Seychelles and Australia and now lives in Pembrokeshire Wales.