Laura Numeroff is the author of many books for young readers in addition to the If You Give... series, including The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster. She lives in Los Angeles, CA where she loves to ride horses, read biographies, and play with her pets. A portion of her royalties will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization that promotes children"s literacy. Felicia Bond is the best-selling illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, and If You Take a Mouse to The Movies written by Laura Numeroff, Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown and Little Porcupine's Christmas by Joseph Slate. She is also the author of The Day It Rained Hearts, The Halloween Play and the Poinsettia books. She lives in Austin, Texas.