Alice Boynton has 20 years of classroom experience. She is the author of numerous books for young readers and the coauthor of a series on teaching nonfiction. Wiley Blevins has written more than 70 books for children, as well as created reading programs for schools in the US and Asia. Wiley currently lives and writes in New York City. Kathi Ember is the illustrator of many books for children. She graduated with a BFA from Kutztown University. Kathi lives with her husband, three sheep, and numerous cats in an old stone farm house near Kutztown, PA.