Nancy Churnin is an award-winning children's book author who writes books about people who have made the world a better place and inspire children to be heroes and heroines, too. She won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award and 2022 Sydney Taylor Honor for Dear Mr. Dickens , a true story that is the subject of an educational program offered by The Charles Dickens Museum in London, and two Sydney Taylor Notables, for her 2021 A Queen to the Rescue, the Story of Henrietta Szold Founder of Hadassah and 2018 Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing . Born and raised in New York City, Nancy lives in the Dallas area. Among her other book honors: Texas 2X2, Topaz Award, National Federation of Press Women First Place Award; Texas Federation of Press Women First Place Award; the South Asia Book Award; Sakura Medal finalist; Books for a Global Society Notable; two Junior Library Guild selections; multiple Social Studies Notable Trade books for Young People; multiple Kids Choice Awards finalists; multiple Silver Eureka Award-winners; multiple Bank Street College Best Children's Book List books; multiple A Mighty Girl books; 10 books featured on socialjusticebooks and starred reviews from School Library Journal , Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly . All her books come with free teacher guides, resources and projects on her website, nancychurnin.com Alianna Rozentsveig is a children's book illustrator with a fondness for overly dramatic snails--in fact, she kept a few as a child, much to her parents' delight. A Sydney Taylor Honor and Crystal Kite Honor recipient, she previously illustrated The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World .

She is often found sketching small worlds and welcomes all woodland creatures in her studio in Israel.