Catherine Ciocchi is a science teacher in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley. She is the author of other published works including a picture book, poetry and short stories, and enjoys blending her love of science with writing in verse. Catherine also loves a great view, the changing seasons, the night sky and tons of laughing. To learn more about Catherine visit https: //www.catherineciocchi.com.
Burgen Thorne works with Chantelle Thorne as part of an internationally-published illustration team specializing in children's books. In the last three years they have illustrated ten trade books - two of which have won international awards. They have a long history in creating art for the educational market and their work has been featured in over 1000 readers and text books worldwide. Most recently, their work in
Kantiga finds the Perfect Name was selected for the IBBY 2022 honours list for Best Illustration in South Africa. To learn more about Burgen visit https: //www.chantelleandburgen.com.Chantelle Thorne works with Burgen Thorne as part of an internationally-published illustration team specializing in children's books. In the last three years they have illustrated ten trade books - two of which have won international awards. They have a long history in creating art for the educational market and their work has been featured in over 1000 readers and text books worldwide. Most recently, their work in
Kantiga finds the Perfect Name was selected for the IBBY 2022 honours list for Best Illustration in South Africa. To learn more about Chantelle visit https: //www.chantelleandburgen.com.
