Alice B. McGinty loves breakfast. It' s among her favorite meals. She also loves to travel and get to know people, places, and foods around the world. The breakfasts she' s eaten include cornmeal porridge in Jamaica, parathas and chutney in India, olives in Israel, huevos in Mexico, and just about everything in America. Alice is the award-winning author of over forty children' s books, fiction and nonfiction, including Rabbi Benjamin' s Buttons, a 2015 Sydney Taylor Notable Book, and the picture book biographies Gandhi: A March to the Sea, a 2014 South Asia Book Award honor book, and Darwin: With Glimpses into His Private Journal and Letters, a 2010 Orbis Pictus Honor Book and Booklist 2009 Top Ten Biographies for Youth.
Tomoko Suzuki has a cup of coffee with breakfast every morning. While being covered with the wonderful smell of coffee beans, she works on illustration for children' s books, advertisements, and products, always seeking to provide images enjoyable to all. She lives in Tokyo, Japan. When traveling abroad, she always misses miso soup and natto, the Japanese soul food!
