Lynn Street is the author of The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest (Peachtree, 2025), a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She is a science-inspired author sharing lively STEAM stories with young readers. Her writing celebrates nature and invites readers to slow down and explore, to become budding naturalists and citizen scientists. Lynn volunteers for nature organizations and is dedicated to environmental education and integrating art, science, writing, and nature for

Dr. Audrey Barbakoff ( Mazel Toes!, The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon ) is an author, librarian, and educator. Years of working in libraries developed her love of joyful read-alouds that support bonding and literacy. As a mom, she is passionate about passing down the vibrancy and diversity of Jewish humor, language, and stories. Her new board book, Mazel Toes! , celebrates generations of love for new babies with playful, Yiddish-inflected rhymes and sweet gestures for every pa

Valerie Bolling is an award-winning author/educator who is passionate about creating stories for children in which they can feel seen, heard, valued, and validated. She's the author of 12 books, including SCBWI Crystal Kite winner, Let's Dance! ; Kirkus Prize finalist, Together We Swim ; Junior Library Gold Standard Selection, I See Color ; Scholastic Acorn early reader series, Rainbow Days ; and a book for teachers, Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom: Building Student Age