Kathy Bjornestad is a small-town girl with a BIG imagination. As a retired Language Arts teacher and librarian, she's well-versed in the business of books. Her first love is the novel, but you can find her poetry in anthologies like Pasque Petals and Scurfpea Publishing's annual anthology. Her creative nonfiction received an honorable mention for the Neltje Blanchan Award, and she has been published in the Christian Science Monitor. Her books imagine the world as it should be, a place in which characters find homes where their hearts belong. You can find Kathy at kathybjornestad.com. Illustrator Kaya Glasner is an artist based in southern Arizona. She is part of the Illustration, Design & Animation Program at the University of Arizona. Kaya specializes in murals, book illustration, and character animation. Her animation and set-building work have been shown twice at The Loft Cinema in Tucson. For more information, visit https: //www.professionalscribblesbykaya.com, or contact professionalscribblesbykaya@gmail.com.