Don't Be Afraid to Say No!

Ilona Lammertink (1957, Hengelo, Overijssel) has always aimed her career at children's weal and woe. After receiving an education at the University Medical Center Groningen she spent years working as a nurse at various maternity wards. She also had training to become a yoga teacher, with a special interest in yoga for children and pregnant women. After that, she took a course in Integrated Children's Therapy at the Dutch Academy of Psychotherapy in Amsterdam. In 2001 she started her own practice as a child therapist. Inspired by the children from her practice, she wrote Het tri-tra-tranenboek (The Ti-Ta-Tears Book). It was her first picture book for Clavis Publishing, but several titles have followed since.Lucie Georger (1979) grew up in France. In Reims she received an education in product design at the ÉcoleSupérieured'Artet de Design. In September 2000 she moved to Amsterdam. Since 2008 she has worked as a freelance illustrator, her clients including Éditions Lito and the magazine Charlotte aux Fraises. She also designed postcards for Éditions de Mai and she still collaborates with Les Contemplatives on decorations for children's bedrooms (lights, wallpaper, stickers, pillows ...)