**ESMÉ SHAPIRO *is an acclaimed author and illustrator of books for children. Her previous picture books include Ooko *, a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award; Alma and the Beast; Carol and the Pickle-Toad; My Self, Your Self; and Roy Is Not a Dog, co-created with her husband, Daniel Ne...

**ESMÉ SHAPIRO *is an acclaimed author and illustrator of books for children. Her previous picture books include Ooko *, a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award; Alma and the Beast; Carol and the Pickle-Toad; My Self, Your Self; and Roy Is Not a Dog, co-created with her husband, Daniel Newell Kaufman. She also illustrated Yak and Dove by Kyo Maclear; Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton by Margaret McNamara; and A Garden of Creatures by Sheila Heti. Esmé lives in a castle in the Hudson Valley with her husband and their two princes. She will never say no to a slice of three-year-old cake.