Judy Sierra is the acclaimed author of more than forty picture books, including the award-winning Wild About Books; ZooZical; Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf; The Sleepy Little Alphabet; Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur; and Everyone Counts. Her writing for children is enriched by her work as a puppeteer, storyteller, and folklore scholar. Judy lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. You can visit her at JudySierraBooks. com.
Marc Brown is best known as the creator of Arthur the aardvark, but you will find no aardvarks or animals wearing glasses in this book. Drawing upon his classical training at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Marc Brown’ s colorful paintings for Wild About Books reflect the naï ve spirit of folk art at its best. “ Judy Sierra’ s story gave me the opportunity to indulge myself in painting, ” said Mr. Brown, adding that this is the book of which he is most proud. He lives in Hingham and Martha’ s Vineyard, MA.
