Coral Rumble has worked as a poet and performer for many years. She has featured on CBeebies and her work is included in 'Favourite Poets' (Hodder). She has three poetry collections published and has also contributed to more than 150 anthologies for children. Michael Rosen is a fan of her work and describes Coral's poems as having 'dash and delight'. The poem Mustafa's Jumper (on which the book is based) won the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2018.