DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of more than 50 books for young readers including Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; and the bestseller My Little Golden Book Abo...

DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of more than 50 books for young readers including Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; and the bestseller My Little Golden Book About Betty White. She lives near Portland, OR with her family and a menagerie of pets.

MONIQUE DONG is a freelance illustrator whose passion is creating images that encompass light, life, warmth, and color. She studied animation at City Varsity in Cape Town, South Africa.