**Liza Ketchum *is the author of seventeen books for young people, including The Life Fantastic and The Last Garden *. Her books have appeared on the ALA's Best Book lists and the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. She and her husband divide their time between Vermont and ...

**Liza Ketchum *is the author of seventeen books for young people, including The Life Fantastic and The Last Garden *. Her books have appeared on the ALA's Best Book lists and the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. She and her husband divide their time between Vermont and Massachusetts.

www.lizaketchum.org Jacqueline Briggs Martinis the author of over twenty picture books for children, including award-winners* Snowflake Bentley *, a Caldecott medal winner, and Creekfinding: A True Story, recipient of the Green Earth Award for Environmental Writing for Children and a Riverby Award. Jacqueline lives in Iowa with her husband.

jacquelinebriggsmartin.com Phyllis Rootis the author of fifty books for children, including* Big Belching Bog; Plant a Pocket of Prairie; One North Star; Big Momma Makes the World *, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner; and The Lost Forest, a National Outdoor Book Award winner. Phyllis resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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