A veteran performer since 1965, Brownie has been doing children's entertainment for over 20 years. He has composed songs for the Kingston Trio, The Irish Rovers, Atlantic Music Corp, Cherry Lane/Cherry River Music Corp, Nova, (PBS) and many others on an international level. He has appeared on stage with Jay Leno, Thedore Bikel, The Kingston Trio, Pure Prairie League, Doc Watson, Eric Weissberg (The Dueling Banjos) and countless others.
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Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Sally Marts has never considered any career other than design and illustration.

After receiving a BFA at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, she realized rather quickly that a Fine Arts Degree was not enough to gain entry into the commercial art field so she attended Burnley School of Commercial Art. [more]

Crista is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. She is an illustrator and the founder of Crista Kathleen Studio, specializing in illustrating children’s products and well-loved books. She shares her studio with her kitties, Powder and Tucson. [more]

Judith Nelson holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design with a concentration in fine arts painting, as well as her Master’s degree in Education from Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also has an undergraduate degree in Illustration from Syracuse University in New York. [More]

Anuradha Palnitkar is the author of Around the World With Vegetarian Sandwiches and Wraps.

Anuradha is an expert on vegetarian cooking. The taste-tempting, easy-to-make recipes in this collection are based on her 15 years experience cooking ethnic foods from all over the globe including Italian, Thai, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Greek, Indian, Persian, Mexican and American delicacies. [more]

Laura has always been drawn to drawing. After considering a career as rodeo clown, rocket scientist and inner-city bike messenger, she soon decided that illustration is what makes her happiest.

She takes great pleasure in creating whimsical characters that add that “little something extra” to the written word. “I truly believe the more seriously a character sees himself, the more ridiculously he should be portrayed.” For Laura, this often means elongating an occasional nose, overdoing a foolish costume, and/or adding an imaginative (and oversized) hairdo. [more]