SUSAN MONTANARI is the author of My Dog's a Chicken, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, dubbed "a great addition to most picture book collections" by School Library Journal; Who's the Grossest of Them All?; and most recently, Hip-Hop Lollipop , illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney. She spent the majority of her life on the beach and tidal creeks surrounding Savannah, where she currently resides with her husband and a cat named Tybee. Visit her at susanmontanari.com or follow her on Twitter at @susanmontanari. JAKE PARKER is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Little Snowplow by Lora Koehler; The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair by Kate Bernheimer; The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon; and Susan Montanari's Who's the Grossest of them All? Jake is the author and illustrator of Little Bot and Sparrow . He has worked creating sets and environments for feature films like Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Rio . Visit him at MrJakeParker.com or follow him on Twitter at @mrjakeparker.