Emma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Vacationers and This Time Tomorrow , among others, and the picture book Very Good Hats . She and her husband own Books Are Magic, two independent bookstores in Brooklyn, New York. Susan Straub knows the power of picture books. Her Read to Me Program, focused on getting books into the lives of young families, provided insights and material for a co-authored Reading with Babies, Toddlers & Twos . Susan lives in Brooklyn, wonderfully near her novelist daughter Emma Straub and her two grandchildren. Jessica Love is an award-winning author and illustrator. Her critically acclaimed debut picture book, Julián Is a Mermaid , has received several prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award, as well as numerous starred reviews. She lives in New York.