Kim T. Griswell is a developmental editor for Uncle Johns Bathroom Readers and the former coordinating editor of Highlights for Kids. She continues to help develop and teach writers workshops with the Highlights Foundation; has taught with the Institute for Childrens Literature; and has published more than 200 short stories, articles, and columns. Her childrens book, Carnivorous Plants, was published by Kidhaven Press. She lives in Ashland, OR. Learn more about Kim at her website, kimgriswell.com. Valeri Gorbachev emigrated from his native Ukraine to the US in 1991, and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He has written and/or illustrated more than 50 childrens books, including Turtles Penguin Day and The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning (both Knopf).