Margaret Read MacDonald's most recent books include The Boy from the Dragon Palace and How Many Donkeys?An Arabic Counting Tale. She lives in Washington where she works as a Children&;s Librarian and maps out her whimsical tales. Sachiko Yoshikawa moved to the United States from Japan in 1988 to study art. She has illustrated numerous books for young readers, such as Beach is to Fun (named Best Children's book of the Year by the Bank Street College of Education) and What is Science? (a finalist in the Children's Science Picture Book category of the 2007 SB&F Prize).