Kelly Starling Lyons (KellyStarlingLyons.com) is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for young readers, including Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations , Ellen's Broom , and Tea Cakes for Tosh . Her chapter books include the Jada Jones and Miles Lewis series, She Persisted: Dorothy Height , and She Persisted: Coretta Scott King . She is a teaching artist and one of the founding members of The Brown Bookshelf. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. E. B. Lewis (EBLewis.

com) is the acclaimed illustrator of more than seventy picture books, including Each Kindness , The Other Side , and Caldecott Honor Book Coming On Home Soon (all by Jacqueline Woodson); the New York Times Best Illustrated Award winner Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis (by Jabari Asim); and several Coretta Scott King Award winners, such as Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman and The Bat Boy and His Violin . He taught art in public schools for many years and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.