APRIL STEVENS is the author of Waking Up Wendell, which received two starred reviews and was a 2008 Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Kirkus Reviews called it "as absolutely charming as a sunny morning can be." She also wrote an adult novel, Angel, Angel.
SOPHIE BLACKALL received the Caldecott Medal forย Finding Winnieย by Lindsay Mattick. She is the illustrator ofย A Fine Dessertย by Emily Jenkins, aย New York Timesย Best Illustrated Book; The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; andย Ruby's Wishย by Shirin Yim Bridges, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award winner. She has also illustrated the Mr. and Mrs. Bunny series by Polly Horvath and the bestselling Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows.ย A native of Australia, she lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at SophieBlackall.com