On September 7, 2019, Indians were glued to their televisions, watching the Chandrayaan-2 lander begin its descent to the surface of the moon. Everything was going well and India was set to become the fourth country to land on the moon. One man was an integral part of this space journey—Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. Born in 1919, Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India. He is also regarded as the Father of the Indian Space Program. The book is an attempt to nourish scientific temper in children from a young age.

Shailaja Nair is an award-winning author who is happiest when she is lost in a world she has created, among her characters as they dance on her computer screen. A lover of literature and adventure tales, she is a major history buff. In her day job, she is a financial journalist but when she is not analysing global markets and editing business stories, she goes back to her first love: writing stories for children.