Suzanne Slade

Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of over one hundred books for children. Some of her recent titles include Friends for Freedom: The True Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Climbing Lincoln's Steps (a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Children and Paterson Prize for Books for Young People), The House That George Built (a Junior Library Guild Selection and Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year), and Booker T. Washington: Teacher, Speaker, and Leader. She lives in Illinois. Nicole Tadgell is the award-winning illustrator of Lucky Beans and In the Garden with Dr. Carver. She lives in Massachusetts.