Fred Marcellino, the renowned and beloved artist and illustrator, won a Caldecott Honor for his first full-color picture book, Puss in Boots. He began his career in childrenтАЩs literature with Tor SeidlerтАЩs A RatтАЩs Tale in 1985, and followed with many other classics such as I, Crocodile and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
Eric Puybaret has illustrated many childrenтАЩs books, including Suite for Human Nature; the bestselling Puff, the Magic Dragon; The Night Before Christmas; Over the Rainbow, as well as many others in his native country, France. EricтАЩs critically acclaimed work was praised by The New York Times as тАЬelegantly renderedтАЭ and Publishers Weekly calls it тАЬgraceful [and] whimsical.тАЭ