About the Author

Mary Dodson Wade is a retired educator and librarian and the author of more than fifty books, including Christopher Columbus, Cinco De Mayo, I'm Going to Texas, Lou Gehrig's Disease, and Tsunami: Monster Waves. Bill Farnsworth is an artist and illustrator of more than fifty children's books including the Kaya series for American Girl Books. He is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the New York chapter of the Society of Illustrators, and the Oil Painters of America.