AMY SCHWARTZ is the author and illustrator of many distinguished picture books, including Bea and Mr. Jones, a Reading Rainbow Featured Book; What James Likes Best, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award; and A Teeny Tiny Baby, which received four starred reviews. In a starred review, Booklist raved, "Schwartz knows just what children will find interesting." The New York Times has called her work "charming and hilariously understated." She lives in New York City.