Deborah Hopkinson has written many acclaimed picture books, including┬аA Letter to My Teacher;┬аSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building,┬аa Boston GlobeтАУHorn Book Honor Book; and┬аAbe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale,┬аan ALA-ALSC Notable ChildrenтАЩs Book. She lives in Oregon with her family. Visit her at deborahhopkinson.com.
James Ransome┬аis the illustrator of many award-winning titles for children, including┬аThe Creation┬аby James Weldon Johnson, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, and Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color┬аby Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. His other titles include┬аThis Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration┬аby National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, Young Pel├й: Soccer's First Star┬аby Lesa Cline-Ransome, and┬аSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson. He lives in New York. Visit him at jamesransome.com.