Kate Banks is the author of many acclaimed books for children, including  The Night Worker , a Charlotte Zolotow Award winner, and  And If the Moon Could Talk , winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for picture books. Some of her best-loved titles include  Max's Words , illustrated by Boris Kulikov, called "imaginative" in a starred review from School Library Journal ;  The Bear in the Book , illustrated by Georg Hallensleben, called "enchanting" by the Wall Street Journal ;  City Cat , illustrated by Lauren Castillo; and many more. You can follow Kate Banks on Twitter at @KateBanksBooks or visit her at katebanksbooks.com. Simone Shin is the illustrator of, most recently,  Mama Loves You So  by Terry Pierce,  Niko Draws a Feeling  by Bob Raczka (a Junior Library Guild selection), and  Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump! by K.L. Going, as well as  The Red Bicycle  by Jude Isabella. She is the recipient of a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, and her illustrations have appeared in the New York Times , Real Simple , Wired , and other publications.

You can follow Simone Shin on Twitter at @simoneshin and visit her at simoneshin.com.