Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal winning and New York Times bestselling book
Locomotive, as well as
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 and
Lightship, both of which garnered Sibert Honors. He is also the illustrator of the popular Poppy series, by Avi, and Richard Jackson's
With Dad. Visit him at BrianFloca.com. Born and raised in Temple, Texas, he now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Sydney Smith is the author and illustrator of
Do You Remember? and of
Small in the City, which received eight starred reviews and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is the illustrator of
My Baba's Garden and the Schneider Book Award winner
I Talk Like a River, both written by Jordan Scott. He is a recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, two Governor General's Awards for Illustrated Children's Books, and four
New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year citations, among other accolades. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his wife and two sons.