About the Author

Brandy Cooke is a children's book editor and author who loves to cook up stories. After growing up in Connecticut she moved to New York City, where she currently resides.

Valentina Belloni is an illustrator from Cuneo, a small town near Turin, Italy. She studied juvenile illustration at the European Institute of Design in Turin. She is also the illustrator of Butterfly's Surprise, a lift-the-flap book on our Spring 2016 list.