Candace Fleming is the clever author of
The Great and Only Barnum, a
Publishers Weekly and
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year;
The Lincolns, a
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and a finalist for the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and
Ben Franklin's Almanac and
Our Eleanor, both ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Books. Her books also include
Imogene's Last Stand, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, Gabriella's Song, and the Aesop Elementary School series. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois. You can visit her at www.candacefleming.com.
G. Brian Karas is the prolific, versatile, and acclaimed illustrator of many books for children, including
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara, winner of a Christopher Award;
Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best, a
New York Times Best Illustrated Book;
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, an ALA-ALSC Notable Book; and
Home on the Bayou: A Cowboy's Story, which he also wrote and which received the
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley. Visit him at www.gbriankaras.com.