Ann Marie Stephens is the author of several picture books and has been an elementary teacher for over 28 years. She was a contributing writer for Kwame Alexander's The Write Thing, a co-writer for Trait Crate Plus for grades 3 and 5, and has had dozens of original ideas published in Instructor and ...

Ann Marie Stephens is the author of several picture books and has been an elementary teacher for over 28 years. She was a contributing writer for Kwame Alexander's The Write Thing, a co-writer for Trait Crate Plus for grades 3 and 5, and has had dozens of original ideas published in Instructor and The Mailbox magazines. She blogs for teachers at http: //2happyteachers.blogspot.com. Jia Liu received her MFA in Illustration Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Arts in 2016. She is also the illustrator of * Terrific Tongues,her debut picture book in the United States, and Bedtime for Beasties *.