by Margaret McNamara (Author), Esmé Shapiro (Illustrator), Phillipa Soo (Afterword by)

Author Biography

MARGARET McNAMARA is the award-winning author of four picture books about Mr. Tiffin's class: How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?; The Apple Orchard Riddle; Poem in your Pocket; and most recently, The Dinosaur Expert. She was married at St. Michael's Church in New York, where Eliza Hamilton was once a parishioner. Ms. McNamara lives in New York City .Visit her on the Web at margaretmcnamara.net or follow her on Twitter at @bbowen949.

ESME SHAPIRO is an award-winning illustrator of books for children. She wrote and illustrated her debut book, Ooko, and illustrated Yak and Dove by Kyo Maclear. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has exhibited at the Society of Illustrators, and her work has been featured in Taproot and Plansponsor magazines.