Get to know Steve… Steve Barr is the ruggedly handsome, multi-talented Renaissance man who has written and illustrated 11 titles in the “1-2-3 Draw” series from Peel Productions. Impact Books recently released his new creations, “Draw Crazy Creatures” and “Draw Awesome Animals”. His unbelievably witty, funny and entertaining cartoons have …
Get to know Bridget… Bridget Heos is the author of Mustache Baby and more than 70 nonfiction books for kids. She has three books coming out in 2015: Mustache Baby Meets His Match; I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are; and It’s Getting Hot in Here: …
Get to know Jarrett… Jarrett Rutland was born in Anniston, Alabama and spent time growing up both in Alabama and North Carolina. After art school at Maryland Institute College of Art, he bounced around until he landed in Brooklyn. There he launched his career with an internship and book deal …
Get to know Jean… Jean Reagan is the author of the New York Times Bestselling and Indie Bestselling picture books, HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA and HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA. Jean’s first picture book, ALWAYS MY BROTHER (Tilbury House, 2009), was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. GRANDPA …
Get to know Deborah… Deborah Diesen is the author of several children’s picture books, including the brand new The Pout-Pout Fish Goes To School, illustrated by Dan Hanna. The Pout-Pout Fish, the first book in the Pout-Pout Fish series, was published in 2008 and spent two weeks on the New York …
Get to know Nancy… Nancy Loewen has published nearly 120 books for kids. She’s received awards from the American Library Association, the Association of Educational Publishers, New York Public Library, Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Two of her books have been finalists …
Get to know Wendi… Wendi Silvano is the award-winning author of six picture books (going on 7), more than a dozen emergent and early readers, numerous stories, articles and poems in prominent children’s magazines and a variety of educational materials. Two of her picture books (Turkey Trouble and Just One …
Get to know Laura… Laura Krauss Melmed is the author of seventeen fiction and non-fiction picture books, including The Rainbabies, I Love You as Much, and New York, New York, the Big Apple from A to Z. Her work has garnered many awards including the ALA Notable, Notable Children’s Book …
Get to know Margarita… Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many young adult verse novels, including The Surrender Tree, which received the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to any Latino. Her books have also received multiple Pura Belpré Medals and Honors, as well as three Américas Awards, and the …
Get to know Artie… Artie Bennett is the executive copy editor for a children’s book publisher and he writes a little on the side (but not the backside!). He would be hailed as “the Dr. Seuss of your caboose” for his much-acclaimed The Butt Book, his first “mature” work, which …