Brooke Hartman

Brooke Hartman is an award-winning author of multiple picture books, including Lotte's Magical Paper Puppets and Pega Sisters Go to Camp (both Page Street Kids). When her daughter battled issues with anxiety, Brooke wrote this up-roar-iously funny book to show that circumstances are often not as dire as they seem. She lives in Alaska with her husband, two kids, and a chocolate lab who barks at every car that passes their house--because it just might be driven by a lion.

Anna Süßbauer got the nickname "Angsthase" ("scared bunny" in German) from her daughter for being easily frightened, so she would like to give the narrator of this story a supportive hug. Anna is the illustrator of several children's books, including Rock-a-Bye Tree Sloth (Little Bee Books). She lives in Cologne, Germany.