Mike Graf is a part time television weathercaster and a former elementary school teacher and university professor. He has shared his writing and national park experiences with children and teachers in hundreds of schools. Mike has published more than ninety fiction and nonfiction books for children and teachers. He visits many national parks each year, but often comes to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and has been going to those two parks all his life. Mike lives with his wife and daughter in Chico, California. Joyce Mihran Turley, illustrator of award-winning books, specializes in images of Nature and the National Parks. While earning her B.S. in Mathematics at Case Western Reserve University, Joyce studied painting and life drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She continued her art studies at Colorado State University, establishing her illustration and design studio in the 1980s. She has lived in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains - west of Fort Collins, Colorado - for over 30 years. Joyce's illustration studio permits convenient observation of deer, coyotes, lizards, eagles, rattlesnakes, and hawks - just outside the picture windows! Her love of nature is reflected in much of her artwork. Joyce shares her home with husband and hiking partner Rick, having quickly adjusted to their empty nest!