Robin Currie spent her library career in the children’s department, where she could Baa, Moo, and Honk without getting shushed. Her writing engages children not only in noisemaking but jumping, waving, and face making. So do her sermons. Despite her incessant need to wiggle, Robin earned a Master’s Degree in Library Science and worked in public libraries before answering the call to seminary. She holds a Master’s of Divinity and Doctorate of Preaching, and remains active in

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