Ben Clanton (Caterpillar) is the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author and illustrator of the Narwhal and Jelly series. Some of his other titles include It Came in the Mail , Ploof (an interactive new picture book series co-created with Andy Chou Musser), and the Tater Tales books. Ben makes books in Seattle, Washington where he lives with his family (which on occasion includes a few roly-polies and butterflies). Corey R. Tabor (Chrysalis) is the author/illustrator of Mel Fell , a Caldecott Honor recipient, and the winner of the first Barnes & Noble annual picture book award. He is also the creator of the Fox early reader and picture book series, which has garnered two Geisel Medals ( Fox the Tiger and Fox Is Late ). He is not new to the practice of venerating insects--his graphic novel series Sir Ladybug (about a ladybug knight who is heroic but shy) debuted last year. Andy Chou Musser (Butterfly) is the author-illustrator of A Home Under the Stars , his debut picture book, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators of LA.

He's co-creator of two new series: Science Explorers (the first book is Search for a Giant Squid ) with Amy Seto Forrester, and Ploof with Ben Clanton. Andy lives in Seattle with his partner and two cats, who spend a lot of time together watching butterflies and other critters zooming around the garden.