Jane Yolen is the recipient of the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award in recognition of the more than 400 books she has written for children and young adults, including the Caldecott Medal winner
Owl Moon and the
New York Times bestseller
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? With Candlewick Press, she is the editor of three collections of poems for children:
Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems;
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry; and
This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games, and Pantomime Rhymes. She divides her time between Massachusetts and Scotland.
Andrew Fusek Peters is a poet and anthologist whose work has appeared in collections for children and teens. He has also written many books. Andrew Fusek Peters lives in Shropshire, England.
Polly Dunbar is the author and illustrator of
Dog Blue and
Flyaway Katie, as well as the illustrator of
Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Polly Dunbar lives in Brighton, England.