Beth Ferry is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous picture books, including Stick and Stone, The Scarecrow, and The Nice Dream Truck. She lives with her family by the beach in New Jersey, where she finds inspiration in the salty air.
Juana Martinez-Neal is the Peruvian born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator
Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor and was also published in a Spanish edition as
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre. Her second author-illustrator book,
Zonia's Rain Forest, is available in a Spanish edition
La selva de Zonia. Juana has also illustrated numerous picture books including
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, for which she won the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, and
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, which won The Robert F. Sibert Medal. Website: juanamartinezneal.com Instagram: @juanamartinezn Twitter: @juanamartinez