Janet Costa Bates is the author of
Seaside Dream, illustrated by Lambert Davis, which was named a Lee and Low's New Voices Honor Book. She lives in Massachusetts, where she and her husband enjoy having their grandchildren visit for sleepovers.
A. G. Ford is a
New York Times best-selling children's book illustrator and recipient of two NAACP Image Awards. His previous picture books include
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by G. Neri,
Goal! by Mina Javaherbin, and
Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams. A. G. Ford lives in Frisco, Texas.