Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including
Little Pea and the #1
New York Times bestsellers
I Wish You More and
Dear Girl, (written with her daughter, Paris Rosenthal). She was a contributor to National Public Radio, a TED collaborator and speaker, a filmmaker, a creator of a specialty line of keepsake journals, and the author of two groundbreaking adult memoirs (
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal). Amy Krouse Rosenthal raised her three children with her husband on a tree-lined street in Chicago.
Mike Yamada is the author-illustrator of
Cool Cat Versus Top Dog and the illustrator of other books for children, including
Bedtime Blastoff and
Kai to the Rescue! He has also worked as an animator with Disney and Dreamworks, with credits on film projects such as
Big Hero 6 and
How to Train Your Dragon. He lives in Los Angeles.