Bonnie and Rob Risby are a mother-and-son team that has been co-authoring books since the 1980s. Bonnie has been a teacher of French, English, and Gifted and Talented Education; a psychotherapist specializing in family and couples counselling; an author; and a businesswoman. Rob is a winner of the Learning Magazine’s Teachers’ Choice 1994 Award for Excellence in Classroom Products for a two-book series on map skills.