Kate Banks (1960-2024) was the award-winning author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including
Lion Lullaby, illustrated by Lauren Tobia,
Noah Builds an Ark, illustrated by John Rocco, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner
And If the Moon Could Talk, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben.
Lauren Tobia is the author-illustrator of
Oscar's Tower of Flowers as well as the illustrator of several books for children, including the Anna Hibiscus books by Atinuke,
Baby's Got the Blues by Carol Diggory Shields,
Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin, and
Are You Sure, Mother Bear? by Amy Hest. Lauren Tobia lives in Bristol, England.