Nathalie Soussana is the author of several musical picture books, including Songs from the Vanilla Trail, Children's Africana Book Award-winner Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees and Parents' Choice Gold Award-winner Songs from the Garden of Eden. Anouck Fontaine studied at the Ecole Sup�rieur des Arts de St-Luc in Brussels before becoming a children's illustrator. She recently illustrated a Grimm Brothers' fairytale, Le jeune fille et l'hibou, that was very well-received in France. Elodie Coudray began as a freelance illustrator in the textile industry after graduating from the school of Arts Decoratifs in Paris. She has since published children's books with several established French publishers including Auzou, Didier Jeunesse and Petit � Petit.