Karen Katz is the author and illustrator of more than fifty picture books and novelty books, including the New York Times best-seller Where Is Baby's Belly Button? Counting Kisses was a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Primary Selection and was selected one of Scholastic Parent & Child's 100 Best Books for Kids. Karen Richards, her husband Gary Richards, and their daughter Lena live in New York City and Saugerties, New York, respectively. Karen Katz's website is KarenKatz.com, where you may learn more about her.