Karla Kuskin was born in Manhattan on July 17, 1932. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Yale University in 1955. Her first book, Roar and More (1956), was the result of her senior graphic-arts project, for which she had to design and print a book on a small press. She was the author or illustrator of more than 50 children's books during her lifetime including In the Middle of the Trees (1958); The Rose on My Cake (1964); The Philharmonic Gets Dressed (1982); The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed (1986); Jerusalem, Shining Still (1987); City Dog (1994); The Upstairs Cat (1997); Moon, Have You Met My Mother? (2003); and Traces (2008). She died of cortical basal ganglionic… degeneration on August 20, 2009 at the age of 77.
Dana Meachen Rauis the author of more than fifty books for young readers. She loves corn, especially the kind that pops! She lives in Burlington, Connecticut. Melissa Iwaihas illustrated numerous books for children, includingGreen as a Bean, The Great Stroller Adventure,andB Is for Bulldozer. She lives in Brooklyn.