Jessica Young grew up in Ontario, Canada. She loves writing picture books and chapter books and sharing the creative process with students. This is her first picture book for Creative Editions. Maria Cristina Pritelli is a self-taught children's book illustrator whose recent works for Creative Editions include Seaside Lullaby and The Million Stories of Marco Polo. Published internationally, her work has been selected multiple times for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. She lives in Gabicce Mare, Italy, with her family.