รฆGWENDOLYN ZEPEDA is the author of three bilingual picture books for children: I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balรn (Piรata Books, 2011); Growing Up with Tamales / Los tamales de Ana (Piรata Books, 2008), a 2009 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title; and Sunflowers / Girasoles (Piรata Books, 2009), winner of the Texas Institute of Lettersร Austin Public Library Friends Foundation Award for Best Childrenรs Book. She lives and works in Houston, Texas. PABLO TORRECILLA, a native of Madrid, Spain, has illustrated numerous childrenรs books, including I Kick the Ball / Pateo el balรn (Piรata Books, 2011), Estrellita en la ciudad grande / Estrellita in the Big City (Piรata Books, 2008) and The Bakery Lady / La seรora de la panaderรa (Piรata Books, 2001). He lives in Italy. GABRIELA BAEZA VENTURA is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Houston. She has translated numerous childrenรs books, including Daliaรs Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia (Arte Pรblico Press, 2014), Thereรs a Name for this Feeling: Stories / Hay un nombre para lo que siento: Cuentos (2014), Adelita and the Veggie Cousins / Adelita y las primas verduritas (2011) and Remembering Grandma / Recordando a Abuela (2003).