Patricia Newman writes award-winning nonfiction that is part biography, part science adventure. As a Robert F. Sibert Honor recipient, she empowers us to find our own connections to nature and use our imaginations to make the world a better place. Patricia’s love of nature and her own efforts to play the piano seemed the ideal background for Beatrice and the Nightingale, a story about the intersection between nature, music, and technology. Additional accolades include multipl

Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than 90 books of fiction and nonfiction for children, including  Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story, The Last Day Julian was My Best Friend, Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater, Prudence the Part-Time Cow, A Chip Off the Old Block, It’s Your First Day of School, Busy Bus! , and more. Jody’s books have won numerous awards, been translated into several languages, represented Missouri at the National Book Festiva

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Sylvia Chen has also lived and worked in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Paris, and Tokyo, and now resides in Essex County, New Jersey. As the author of picture books TRICKY CHOPSTICKS (illus. Fanny Liem; Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) and SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story (illus. Thai My Phuong; Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House), Sylvia loves crafting picture books that spark kids’ interest in STEAM and creative thinking. She is a