Silvia López (Author) Silvia López , a Cuban native raised in Miami, Florida, served as a children's librarian at schools and public libraries for over three decades. She holds degrees in English, Library Science, and Educational Technology, and is a National Board-Certified Teacher. Her picture book, Just Right Family: An Adoption Story , was released in March 2018. She had previously published children's biographies, as well as award-winning bilingual digital books. Her book, Handimals: Animals in Art and Nature , a collaboration with Italian artist Guido Daniele, was published in April 2019. Another picture book, Pacho Nacho , published in 2020. Paola Escobar (Illustrator) Paola Escobar is a Colombian graphic designer and illustrator. She has worked for a variety of publishers, including Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, Scholastic UK, Laurence King, HarperCollins, and Little, Brown Book Group; as well as a broad range of print and digital magazines.

She currently works as a freelance illustrator and lives very happily in Bogota, Colombia, with her husband and dog, Flora.