**David Elliott is the author of numerous beloved picture books for children, including Baabwaa and Wooliam , illustrated by Melissa Sweet, and the New York Times best-selling * And Here's to You!, illustrated by Randy Cecil. He is also the author of several novels in verse for older readers. David ...

**David Elliott is the author of numerous beloved picture books for children, including Baabwaa and Wooliam , illustrated by Melissa Sweet, and the New York Times best-selling * And Here's to You!, illustrated by Randy Cecil. He is also the author of several novels in verse for older readers. David Elliott lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Eugene Yelchinis the author-illustrator of the Sydney Taylor Honor Book The * Genius Under the Table and the author-illustrator of the National Book Award Finalist The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, coauthored with M. T. Anderson. A versatile illustrator of numerous picture books for young readers, he was awarded the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustration. Originally from Leningrad, he now makes his home in Los Angeles.