The Great Big Animal Race (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788410074224)

José Carlos Román García was born in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz, Spain) in 1972. After graduating in Teaching, and later in Pedagogy, he started working as a teacher in a primary school, his great passion in 1999. Several years ago, together with two fellow teachers, he launched the children's literature blog "Soñando Cuentos" (Dreaming Tales), which has received numerous awards and has thousands of daily visits from teachers and families all over the world.

He began his journey in the publishing world in 2016 with the publication of his first picture book. He has published more than 50 titles with different publishers, some of them translated into several languages. He has also received mentions and awards such as the Cuatro Gatos Foundation Award.

Julio Antonio Blasco has a degree in Fine Arts. He is a graphic designer and an Illustrator of children and young adult books. He has worked in printing presses, animation production companies and graphic and exhibition design studios. He makes book covers, posters, and picture and non-fiction books. He has a small publishing label and, in addition to illustrating for clients around the world, he co-owns, with his sister Lola, a bookstore and gallery specialized in illustration in Valencia, Spain called Estudio 64.