Hoorade Day!

Nancy Raines Day is the author of many acclaimed picture books. Her first children’s book, The Lion’s Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She fondly remembers Fourth of July parades in the small California community where her children grew up and now enjoys them in the coastal Georgia community where she lives with her husband.

Cornelius Van Wright is an award-winning illustrator. He works with his wife, Ying-hwa Hu (also an illustrator), on many assignments. Their work has been exhibited at the Bologna Book Fair and The Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. He lives in New York City with his wife and their two children.