Deborah Kogan Ray studied painting and printmaking at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She... more

Linda Arms White's humorous books include Comes a Wind, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. She lives outside Allenspark, Colorado. Nancy Carpenter has written and illustrated many books for children, including Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson, a Publishers... more

EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY, a Caldecott Medalist, has written and illustrated many children’s books, including Marvelous Mattie and Squirrel and John Muir, both NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, and, most recently, The Escape of Oney Judge.... more

EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY, a Caldecott Medalist, has writtenand illustrated over fifty children’s books, including Squirrel andJohn Muir, which received the Giverny Award for best sciencepicture book. She divides her time between New York City andupstate New York. more

Erica Silverman is the author of Raisel's Riddle, illustrated by Susan Gaber. She lives in Los Angeles, California.  Mordicai Gerstein is the author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, winner of the Caldecott Medal, and has had four books named New... more

CARLA KILLOUGH MCCLAFFERTY is also the author of TheHead Bone’s Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky, andWonderful X-Ray, an NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science TradeBook for Children. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas. more

Peter Sís is an internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and filmmaker. He was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London. Peter is a seven-time winner of The New York Times Book Review Best... more

DEBORAH KOGAN RAY is the author and illustrator of several acclaimed children’s books, including The Flower Hunter: William Bartram, America’s First Naturalist, an NSTA–CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children. She lives in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. more

Peter Sís has written and illustrated many award-winning books for children, including Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet Through the Red Box, both Caldecott Honor books. He lives in New York with his wife and two children. more