Maria Gianferrari is a picture book reader/writer, tea-drinker, dog-lover, and birdwatcher. Maria writes books that honor our bonds with creatures both domestic and wild and that celebrate the natural world around us, including Fungi Grow and Just One Oak , illustrated by Diana Sudyka; Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice, illustrated by Jieting Chen; Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness , illustrated by Pete Oswald; Bobcat Prowling , illustrated by Bagram Ibatouilline; and Be a Tree! , illustrated by Felicita Sala. She lives with her family in Massachusetts in a house encircled by trees. To learn more about Maria, visit her website: MariaGianferrari.com. Danny Chatzikonstantinou makes pictures for children of all ages. Besides that, he teaches his dog, Suki, magic. Suki's exceptional talent makes Danny think that maybe the time has come to buy her a cape and a top hat.

Although he will never admit it, Danny is secretly jealous of the dog. Danny is represented by Lemonade Illustration Agency. Visit him online at LemonadeIllustration.com.