Artist and author Celia Godkin has produced other titles about nature, including Wolf Island, Ladybug Garden, Sea Otter Inlet, When the Giant Stirred, and Fire!, which was short-listed for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction. In addition to creating children's books, Celia has taught studio arts at the University of Toronto for many years, where she was Associate Professor in Biomedical Communications.