Tim Hopgood worked as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator for twenty years before turning his hand to children's books. He has been shortlisted for both the Red House Book Award and the British Book Design Awards, and in 2008 he won Best Emerging Illustrator as the Booktrust Early Years Awards. He is married with two teenage children and lives in the centre of York.

Ping and Pong are a pair of penguins who love to do new things. But whatever Ping tries to do, Pong can do it better - Ping can squeak in French, Pong can squeak in nine different languages, Ping can catch a fish, Pong can catch a shark...

Is there anything that Ping can do better? Find out in this hilarious story of friendship.