How to Find a Fruit Bat

Are apples not your thing? Not bonkers about bananas? Not great with grapes? What you need is a fruit bat. Get one of these adorable little creatures and they will eat all your fruit for you. Now, you just have to find a fruit bat of your very own. That should be easy...right?

Beware, this adventure-filled journey into a jungle might just leave you batty for blackberries after all!

Before becoming a children's author, Michelle Robinson wrote copy and devised websites for some of the world's biggest brands, including Coca-Cola, Guinness and Cadbury. She learned to write copy really quickly so she could spend time working on her funny stories instead. She has a very funny blog and Tweets regularly. Michelle lives in Somerset with her husband and two young children.

Lauren Tobia studied Illustration at the University of the West of England. Whilst there she was Highly Commended for the Macmillan Children's Book Prize. Lauren's first book was A Heart for Ruby by Franzeska G Ewart, quickly followed by the successful Anna Hibiscus series by Atunuke (Walker). Before becoming an illustrator, Lauren was an intensive care nurse. She lives with her husband in Bristol with two unruly rescue Jack Russells. She has two grown-up daughters, an allotment and a serious home baking habit. She is also a regular blogger and tweeter.