Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including Little Pea and the #1 New York Times bestsellers I Wish You More and Dear Girl, (written with her daughter, Paris Rosenthal). She was a con­tributor to National Public Radio, a TED collaborator and speaker, a filmmaker, a creator of a specialty line of keepsake journals, and the author of two groundbreaking adult memoirs ( Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal ). Amy Krouse Rosenthal raised her three children with her husband on a tree­-lined street in Chicago. Mike Yamada is the author-illustrator of Cool Cat Versus Top Dog and the illustrator of other books for children, including Bedtime Blastoff and Kai to the Rescue! He has also worked as an animator with Disney and Dreamworks, with credits on film projects such as Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon. He lives in Los Angeles.