Deborah Stevenson is an award-winning, American children's author. Her work is eclectic: non-fiction and fiction, prose and verse, from silly to sentimental. Respect for animals and nature, valuing friendship and family, tolerance and appreciating diversity are common themes. Stevenson strives to empower children...to believe in their abilities, to boldly pursue their dreams, and to be creative, imaginative and kind. Extra points if she can make them laugh. For more information, visit: AuthorDeborahStevenson.com Stella Mongodi is a highly creative, visual storyteller from Italy, now living in the UK. Her illustrations have a moody, dreamy, fine-art feel, and she includes clever, meaningful, often humorous details that children will love to discover again and again (like the cheeky seagull in this story). Her published works include A Lezione di Qui e Ora (Terra Nuova), Watermelon Pip (Ethicool) and Siamo Stelle/We Are Stars (L'Orto della Cultura). The latter is a bilingual picture book she and Stevenson worked on together (Stella's illustrations and Deborah's English adaption of the original Italian verse). For more information, visit: StellaMarisArt.it