James Bernardin is a versatile and prolific illustrator of many acclaimed books for children. He has illustrated Laura Numeroff's Would I Trade My Parents? , Eve Bunting's Too Many Monsters , and Candy Chand's The Twelve Prayers of Christmas . He has also created artwork for numerous book covers, including Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey series.James lives on Bainbridge Island in Washington State with his wife, Lisa, and two sons, Wyeth and Bryson.