Mac Barnett is the author of several books for children, including Caldecott Honor Books
Extra Yarn and
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, both illustrated by Jon Klassen;
President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen;
Leo: A Ghost Story, illustrated by Christian Robinson; and the Terrible Two series, cowritten with Jory John and illustrated by Kevin Cornell. Mac Barnett lives in California.
Isabelle Arsenault is the creator of
Alpha and the illustrator of several other picture books, including
Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, a
New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year;
Captain Rosalie by Timothée de Fombelle; and
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky. Isabelle Arsenault lives in Montreal.