Judy Sierra is the author of many award-winning books for children. She holds a PhD in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is renowned for her retellings of traditional tales. She lives with her husband, Bob Kaminski, in northern California.Marc Brown is known best for his Arthur series. He grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania where as a child he was influenced by family and friends that would be eventually become the many stories of an aardvark.Trained at the Cleveland Art Institute, Marc went on to create more than 100 picture books for children. Before his current success, however, Marc had many jobs, including stints as a truck driver, soda jerk, actor, chicken farmer, television art director, short order cook, and college professor! He now lives in Hingham, Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard, with his wife, illustrator and author Laurie Krasny Brown, and their daughter Eliza.
When we got the book I first noticed that the images are by Marc Brown. I'm young and I grew up on Arthur. I remember that he created the show Arthur! I loved that show. So I really enjoyed this book as much as Avery did. It's tailored to 3 yr olds, but not many 3 yr olds can read so I think it would be great for the beginning reader of about 5-6 as well. It's a very cute book and I think any child can enjoy it. It's big too, much bigger than the average book. So happy with it. Avery loves it!
--Heather Mahan, Mommy of 1 and Counting