Rina Singh is an award-winning children's book author whose storytelling reflects her deep curiosity about the world. Her books often draw on real-life stories of resilience, social justice, and the environment, inspiring young readers to dream big and act boldly. Translated into multiple languages, her books have received starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews , Publishers Weekly , School Library Journal , and Booklist . Her books are included on the Bank Street and NYPL Best Books lists. Grandmother School won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, while 111 Trees received the Social Justice Literature Award and was featured in the New York Times . She lives in a blue house in Toronto. Learn more at rinasingh.com or follow her on Instagram and Bluesky @storiesbysingh.

Ishita Jain an illustrator from Delhi, India. She is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, and the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Ishita loves to draw on location and enjoys documenting the people, places, and stories that surround her. Her work is inspired by day-to-day moments and the wonder that comes from being around nature. Ishita Jain is based in New York and her work can be seen at www.ishitajain.in and Instagram @ishitajain24.