Nancy Polette is professor of education at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, former director of the Laboratory School for Gifted Children, author of more than 100 professional books, and an in-demand conference speaker.
PAMELA PAPARONE has illustrated several popular picture books, including Wake Up and Goodnight by Charlotte Zolotow, The Little School Bus by Carol Roth, and Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman by Reeve Lindbergh. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.