Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK.

Sunny Scribens was born and raised outside Nashville, TN, and holds an M.A. in Classics from the University of Texas. She has written numerous titles for Barefoot Books, including several under the name Kate DePalma.

Christiane Engel is an award-winning artist from northern Germany. She currently lives and works in England with her family and has illustrated several children's books.

"Offers engagement, affirmation, and delight, showing a mixed-race, gay-parented family" - CCBlogC

"Christiane Engel's illustrations are fabulous...with a kaleidoscope of colours matched to easy on the eye layers of detail that make for lots of talking points" - Books My Toddler Loves

"Baby's First Words foi criado por um especialista em desenvolvimento infantil para apoiar o modo como os bebês aprendem naturalmente a língua - e para iniciar conversas e compreender o seu filho. [Baby's First Words was created by a child development specialist to support the way babies naturally learn a language - and to start conversations and understand your child.]" - Gaby No Canadá