The Bog Baby is a magical story by Jeanne Willis & Gwen Millward When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond they find something much better than a frog or a newt They find a bog baby Small & blue with wings like a dragon the girls decide to make him their secret I won't tell if you won't But the bog baby is a wild thing & when he becomes poorly the girls decide they must tell their mum & she tells them the greatest lesson if you really love something you have to let it go Jeanne wrote her first book when she was five years old & hasn't stopped writing since She has now written over eighty titles including picture books novels & television scripts She has also won numerous awards including the Children's Book Award the Sheffield Children's Book Award & the Silver Smarties Prize Her teen novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004 She often takes inspiration from dreams & interesting conversations with strangers Gwen Millward studied illustration in Edinburgh & now spends all of her time painting & writing stories for children about her favourite subject beasts Her first book for Puffin Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood published in April 2007 Other wonderful books by either of the two include The King of Tiny Things; Guess what I found in Dragon Wood; Happy Birthday in Dragon Wood; Sing a Song of Bottoms; Bottoms Up!; Silly Cecil & Clever Cubs; The Wheels on the Bus; Delilah Darling is in the Library; There's an Ouch in my Pouch!; Who's in the Loo?; The Monster Bed; Tadpole's Promise; The Beasties