Patricia J. Murphy is the author of over 150 children's books as well as many poems, magazine and news stories, and programs for children. Her work has received numerous honors including the Learning magazine's Teacher's Choice award, the Illinois Reads award, and inclusion in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. But the greatest reward for Patricia is writing for children and inspiring readers and writers. When she's not writing or inspiring, she loves to look at nature, art, books, and her family and friends' faces. Visit her online at patriciajmurphy.com. David Diaz has been illustrating children's books for over twenty years.

In 1995 he won the Caldecott Medal for his work in Smoky Night by Eve Bunting. Other notable titles illustrated by Diaz include Newbery Honor-winner, The Wanderer , by Sharon Creech; The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; The Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel; Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull; Me, Frida by Amy Novesky; and many more. He lives in New Orleans.