About the Author

Helen Foster James is the author of a dozen books for children, including Santa's Christmas Train and S is for S'mores: A Camping Alphabet. When she's not writing and rhyming words, she enjoys riding trains with her husband, traveling, reading, and hiking with her friends in the mountains where she is a naturalist interpreter. Estelle Corke began her career in advertising, magazine, and package illustration, but her first love is children's book illustration. She's a traditional artist who chooses to use real paints in a bright and bold way, injecting quirkiness and humor whenever she can. She lives in the United Kingdom.