About the Author
Anica Mrose Rissi grew up on an island off the coast of Maine, where she read a lot of books and loved a lot of pets. She now tells and collects stories, makes up songs on her violin, and eats cheese with her friends in central New Jersey, where she lives with her dog, Sweet Potato. Anica is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens, including
The Teacher’s Pet, illustrated by Zachariah OHora,
Watch Out for Wolf!, illustrated by Charles Santoso,
Hide and Don’t Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories, and the Anna, Banana chapter book series. She invites you to visit her online at
http://www.anicarissi.com.
Mika Song grew up in Manila, Philippines and Honolulu, Hawaii before moving to New York to study at Pratt Institute. Before devoting herself to writing and illustrating children’s books, she worked in children’s educational animation. In 2015, she received the Portfolio Award at the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Winter Conference in NYC. Some of her books include
A Friend for Henry, written by Jenn Bailey, and
Tea with Oliver and
Picnic with Oliver, both of which she wrote and illustrated. She invites you to visit her online at mikasongdraws.com.
