Felicia Bond was born in Yokohoma, Japan in 1954 but was raised in New York and Texas. She received a B.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 and lived for ten years in New York City, writing and illustrating books and working as an art director at Margaret K. McElderny Books. Bond was also a botanical illustrator from 1971-78, at the Spring Branch Science Center in Houston, Texas, as well as a designer's assistant for Reader's Digest Books. i Bond is the New York Times best-selling illustrator of many beloved books for children, including the If You Give a ... series, written by Laura Numeroff. She is also the author and illustrator of The Halloween Play, The Day It Rained… Hearts, Tumble Bumble, and the Poinsettia books. Tumble Bumble was featured as a Best Book of 1996 in the December issue of Parents magazine.