Elsa Knight Brunotaught kindergarten for twenty-nine years. She has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in many children's magazines. This is her first picture book. She lives in Sylvania, Ohio.

Jenny Whiteheadis the author-illustrator of Holiday Stew: A Kid's Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems and Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.