Off They Go! is a fun, rhyming text exploring some of nature’s unique migrations, including emperor penguins, leather back sea turtles, salmon, humpback whales and many more.

James Carter is a prize-winning children’s poet, non-fiction writer and musician.

An ambassador for National Poetry Day, he travels all over the UK with his melodica (Steve) and ukulele (either Erik or Derek) to give very lively performances and workshops which are ultimately ALL ABOUT THE WRITING!.

A former lecturer in Creative Writing/Children’s Literature at Reading University, in the last two decades James has visited 1500+ schools (numerous more online!) and he has performed at many key literary festivals including Hay, Edinburgh and Cheltenham. James is based in Oxfordshire.

James Munro has been drawing since he could grasp a pencil.

Since then, everything in his path has fallen prey to his doodles, from books and magazines to films and animations. He lives and works in a pile of pencil shavings and spilled ink in Liverpool.