FRAN MANUSHKIN is the author of over twenty-five books for children, including Baby, Come Out!, Little Sleepyhead, and Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story. She is a co-chair of the Children's Book Committee of PEN American Center and she lives in New York City. MARIA MONESCILLO is the illustrator of Myra Wolfe's "Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime", and has also worked as an animator. She lives in Askim, Norway.