Susan Hood is the author of more than two hundred children’s books, including Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport; Leaps and Bounce and Rooting for You, both illustrated by Matthew Cordell; and Spike, the Mixed-up Monster, illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

She has worked as the children’s content director of Nick Jr. magazine and as an editor at Instructor magazine, Scholastic, and Sesame Workshop. Susan Hood lives with her family in coastal Connecticut.

Melissa Sweet has illustrated nearly 100 books for children, including Some Writer! The Story of E. B.White, which she also wrote, and The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor.

She is also the illustrator of Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Melissa Sweet lives in Portland, USA.