CARMEN TAFOLLA is a poet whose stories for children and adults have appeared in more than two hundred poetry anthologies. She lives in a hundred-year-old house in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, children, mother, and many pets. AMY C?ìRDOVA is a self-taught fine artist who lives in the mountains of northern New Mexico. She is the illustrator ofAbuelita's Heart,among many other picture books.