Author Eric A. Kimmel is well known for the tales he has retold from around the world. Some of his best-known titles are Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (a Caldecott Honor book), The Three Little Tamales, Cactus Soup, and The Golem's Latkes, which won the National Jewish Book Award in the picture-book category. A former professor of children's literature, he lives in Portland, Oregon. Besides writing and telling stories, he enjoys horseback riding, bicycling, and playing the banjo.

Illustrator Laura Huliska-Beith lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and illustrated Mary Had a Little Lamb. Her other illustrated titles include Violet's Music and The Recess Queen. She started her career illustrating greeting cards for Hallmark.