Rebecca Van Slyke earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She writes picture books, easy readers, nonfiction, middle grade fiction, and poetry. She has illustrated five of MaryAnn Kohl s art books for children "Discovering Great Artists "(Bright Ring Publishing), "Global Art" and "Primary Art" (both Gryphon House), "Great American Artists for Kids," and "Storybook Art "(both Bright Ring Publishing). She is the author of "Mom School" (Random House/Doubleday), and forthcoming picture books "Dad School" (Random House/Doubleday) and "Lexie, The Word Wrangler" (Penguin), due to be published in 2017. Rebecca is a second-grade teacher in Lynden, WA, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and a very spoiled dachshund. She is on the advisory committee for the Western Washington SCBWI and leads a writing group in Bellingham, WA. You can find her online on Facebook or at her website rebeccavanslyke.com. Chris Robertson is an author-illustrator from Pasadena, CA. He graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in illustration. He spent 10 years freelancing for magazines and newspapers before becoming a storyboard artist for Nickelodeon Animation Studios. His most recent books are "Giraffes Ruin Everything," written by Heidi Schulz (Bloomsbury), "Harry and the Hot Lava" (Xist Publishing), "My Yellow Umbrella "(Xist Publishing), "I ll Trade My Peanut-Butter Sandwich" (Kite Readers), and "Little Miss Liberty" (Chronicle Books)."