Barbara Kerley is a two-time Sibert Honoree and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree whose award-winning biographies include What to Do About Alice? , The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) , Those Rebels, John & Tom , A Home for Mr. Emerson , and Eleanor Makes Her Mar k, all illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham; Tigers & Tea with Toppy , illustrated by Matte Stephens; and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and Walt Whitman: Words for America , illustrated by Brian Selznick. Kerley's books have all been praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at barbarakerley.com. Molly Mendoza is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter by Aida Salazar. They have illustrated several other picture books including Freedom, We Sing by Amyra León, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and They Hold the Line by Dan Paley.

Beyond illustrating picture books, Mendoza is a muralist, comics artist, and teacher who lives and works lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit them online at mollymendoza.com.