Claudia Rueda's picture books include My Little Polar Bear (Oppenheim Platinum Award, NYC Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selection), Let's Play in the Forest (National Parenting Publications Award, Colombian IBBY Honor List) and Nacho and Lolita by Pam Munoz Ryan (Child magazine Best Children's Books List, NYC Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selection). Her picture books have been published in Mexico, Spain and the US and translations have been published in Asia and Europe. Claudia has also worked as a political cartoonist and has written educational books for UNICEF. She lives with her family in Bogota, Colombia. Elisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written Un barrilete para el Día de los muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead, Cousins (Primas) and Tricycle (El triciclo), which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her most recent books are What Are You Doing? and Why Are You Doing That?. Elisa lives in Toronto, Ontario.