Isaac Millmans first book was Moses Goes to a Concert, which Booklist, in a starred review, called a "breakthrough picture book about a deaf child [that] works so well that you wonder why there aren't lots more like it." He lives in New York City with his wife. more

JANET GRABER is the author of Jacob and the Polar Bears. Muktar and the Camels received aMcKnight Award given by theMinnesota Literary Loft. She lives inMinnesota. SCOTT MACK is the recipient of a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators. This is his first picture book... more

Helen Recorvits is the author of two books for older readers, Where Heroes Hide and Goodbye, Walter Malinski, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives in Glocester, Rhode Island. Gabi Swiatkowska has illustrated one other picture... more

CHRIS VAN WYK was born in Soweto, South Africa. A writer of poetry, books for children and teenagers, short stories, and novels, he is best known for his best-selling memoir SHIRLEY, GOODNESS AND MERCY. Today he lives in Johannesburg. Born in Cape Town, PADDY BOUMA taught... more

Gene Barretta is the author and illustrator of Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, and Dear Deer, which was a Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts and listed on the Parenting Magazine Mom-Tested Books of the Year List. He holds a B.F.A. in Film... more

Gorel Kristina Naslund was born in Sweden and has lived in the United States as well. She has written almost 30 books.  Today she lives near Stockholm.   Kristina Digman, also from Sweden, attended art schools in Stockholm and Copenhagen. She has worked as a painter,... more

JASON CHIN worked as a children's bookseller. He has illustrated several books, but this is his author-illustrator debut. He lives in Vermont. more

Alix Berenzy is the author and illustrator of two adapted fairy tales, A Frog Prince and Rapunzel. She has also illustrated several other books about animals, including Home at Last, Into the Sea, and My Kingdom for a Horse. Ms. Berenzy lives in Pennsylvania. more

Peter Catalanotto is the author/illustrator of many books for children. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.Pamela Schembri is a storyteller in upstate New York. This is her first book for young readers. more

Cari Best and Giselle Potter's previous collaboration, Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!, was a Booklist Editors' Choice and selected a Best Book of the Year by both Publishers Weekly and Child magazine. Ms. Best lives in Weston, Connecticut, and Ms. Potter lives in... more

James Rumford is the author of Sequoyah, which won a 2005 Siebert Honor and the Sugarman Award for American Biography. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. more

JIM TOBIN is an award-winning biographer and the author of Ernie Pyle’s War and To Conquer the Air. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. DAVE COVERLY is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Speed Bump cartoons appear in more than 200 newspapers, including The Washington... more

Doug Johnson is an elementary school teacher and the author of Never Babysit the Hippopotamuses! and Never Ride Your Elephant to School. He lives in Bremerton, Washington, with his wife and three children. Tammy Smith is a freelance illustrator and designer of greeting... more

Doug Johnson is an elementary school teacher and the author of Never Babysit the Hippopotamuses! and Never Ride Your Elephant to School. He lives in Bremerton, Washington, with his wife and three children.Tammy Smith is a freelance illustrator and designer of greeting... more

JENNY MEYERHOFF, a former kindergarten teacher, lives in Riverwoods, Illinois. This is her first book. JILL WEBER has written and illustrated numerous books for children and adults. She lives on Frajil Farms in New Hampshire more

Jan Adkins, called “the consummate teacher” by David Macaulay, is the author and illustrator of more than three dozen books covering history, technology, and many other topics. They include Bridges: From My Side to Yours (“An outstanding book for reference and... more

HELEN RECORVITS and GABI SWIATKOWSKA collaborated on two previous books about Yoon. My Name Is Yoon was named an ALA Notable Book, among other honors, and Ms. Swiatkowska received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for her artwork. Ms. Recorvits lives in North... more

TIM HOPGOOD lives in York, England. This is his first book published in the United States. more

Claudia Mills is the author of many other books. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. R.W. Alley has illustrated over sixty books. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. more