Kim A. Larson won the Ann Whitford Paul award for most promising picture book manuscript in 2021. She was a PB Party finalist in 2022, and a finalist in the Great American Think-Off in 2016. She's written full-time since 2010 and has a dozen short stories and poems published in regional anthologies. She's an active member of SCBWI, Julie Hedlund's 12x12 Picture Book Challenge, and two critique groups. Her grandchildren's fainting goats inspired this story. Gozde Eyce: Is a published illustration artist, based in the Netherlands. Gozde finds inspiration in the nature all living creatures reminding us to slow down & reconnect with our roots. She specializes in editorial illustrations, children book illustrations, and custom projects for brands with an authentic mindset.