Bibi Dumon Tak is the author of
Soldier Bear and
Mikis and the Donkey (both Eerdmans), both of which won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award. In 2018 Bibi received the Theo Thijssen Prize, the highest honor for children's authors in the Netherlands. She has previously collaborated with Annemarie van Haeringen on
Scout's Heaven (Eerdmans).
Philip Hopman studied at the Rietveld Academy and has illustrated more than 250 books, including
A Dog Like Sam,
Mikis and the Donkey, and
Soldier Bear (all Eerdmans). He lives in the Netherlands.