Silvia Lopez holds both a BA in English and a Specialist degree in Educational Technology, as well as a master's in Library Science. She served for four years on the Sunshine State Young Readers Award selection committee. Silvia is a National Board Certified teacher and has been a children's librarian in Miami-Dade County Public Schools for over two decades. Handimals marks her picture book debut. silvialopezbooks.comGuido Daniele is an internationally acclaimed artist who pioneered a body painting technique, which he calls Handimals or Manimali in his native Italian. Daniele is also an environmentalist and the recipient of Animal Planet's Hero of the Year Award. Guido lives and works in Italy.

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