VALERIE WORTH (1933–1994) is the author of many books for children, including All the Small Poems and Fourteen More and Peacock and Other Poems, which appeared on Fanfare, The Horn Book’s Honor List, and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a School Library... more

DAVID GREENBERG’s picture books in verse include the popular Slugs. He lives in Portland, Oregon. NADINE BERNARD WESTCOTT has illustrated countless humorous picture books, including Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard. She lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts. more

Jeanette Winter is the author and illustrator of many notable books for children, including My Baby and My Name Is Georgia. She lives in New York City. more

Clyde Watson is the author of fifteen children’s books, including Applebet, on which she also collaborated with her sister Wendy. She lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. Wendy Watson has illustrated nearly one hundred books, twenty of which she has written herself. She lives... more

Deborah Chandra’s previous children’s books include A Is for Amos, which Publishers Weekly called “a charmer” in a starred review. She lives in Altadena, California. Madeleine Comora is an author and poet who lives in Glendale, California. Brock Cole is the author and/or... more

RACHEL FIELD’s (1894–1942) acclaimed children’s books havewon both the Caldecott and Newbery awards, including Hitty:Her First Hundred Years, which received the 1930 NewberyMedal. CYNTHIA JABAR’s picture books include The SoundDay, the Sound of Night by Mary O’Neill. She... more

JACK PRELUTSKY’s award-winning poetry has been delighting children for decades and he is the Poetry Foundation’s first Children’s Poet Laureate. He lives in Seattle, Washington. CHRISTINE DAVENIER has illustrated many picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen... more

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) was born in Scotland. His many acclaimed works include Treasure Island and A Child’s Garden of Verses. TRACEY CAMPBELL PEARSON is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, and most recently illustrated a series of board books,... more

TED HUGHES (1930–1998) published numerous volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1984 and received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 1985. TRACEY CAMPBELL PEARSON is the author and illustrator of many... more

LISSETTE NORMAN lives in New York City. This is her firstbook. FRANK MORRISON, the recipient of the Coretta ScottKing /John Steptoe New Illustrator Award for Jazzy Miz Mozettaby Brenda C. Roberts, lives in Hampton, Georgia. more

Margot Zemach (1931-89) was born in Los Angeles, California. She began illustrating stories by her husband, Harve, in 1959, and their subsequent collaborations led to many enduring children's books, including The Judge: An Untrue Tale, a Caldecott Honor Book; A Penny a... more

Karen English is the author of many books for children, including the novel Francie, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in Richmond, California. Amy June Bates has illustrated more than twenty books. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. more

Nina Payne, who lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, is a poet and artist. Gabi Swiatkowska has illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits, for which she received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. She lives in Brooklyn,... more

ERICA SILVERMAN’s books include Follow the Leader, which Kirkus Reviews called an “imaginative romp,” and Sholom’s Treasure, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. She lives in Los Angeles, California. ROSANNE LITZINGER has illustrated many charming picture books,... more

Janet S. Wong lives in Medina, Washington. Yangsook Choi lives in New York City. more

Tony Johnston is the author of numerous children's books, most recently The Ancestors Are Singing. She lives in San Marino, California. Elisa Kleven has written and/or illustrated many books. She lives in Albany, California. more