University of Cambridge: Think Big: Secrets of Bees

About the Author

Ben Hoare (Author)
Ben Hoare is an award-winning wildlife journalist and nature nerd. He writes inspiring natural-history books for children - the kind of books he loved as a kid. Several have been international bestsellers, no doubt because his two daughters read and test everything first. Ben's book The Secret World of Plants was shortlisted in The Week Junior Magazine's Children's Book of the Year Awards in 2023. In 2015 Ben was awarded the Dilys Breese Medal for science communication by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Nina Chakrabarti (Illustrator)
Award winning illustrator Nina Chakrabarti grew up in Calcutta, India, and moved to the United Kingdom in her teens. She brings her joyful style and distinctive line quality to an eclectic range of commissioned work and has written several books for children, including the international bestseller 'My Wonderful World of Fashion'. Taking inspiration from both the extraordinary and the often overlooked, Nina has created a series of illustrated books that invite both children to reflect on their relationships with all sorts of things - from fungi to fashion, from ancient pots to a childhood stamp collection. She lives and works in Hastings, on the south coast of England.