Since the age of six Lydia Lichti has loved creating stories and picture books, being especially inspired by the rhyming works of Bill Peet and Dr. Seuss. The Yakkers is based on a poem she wrote in her early teens while reflecting on her own need to listen before speaking. Today, Lydia lives in the North Okanagan, in British Columbia, where she not only works with children in the school system, but also enjoys spending time with her nieces and nephews, who inspired her to bring this poem to life in a book they could hold in their hands....