Dianne de Las Casas is an award-winning author, storyteller, and recording artist. Her work has earned rave reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus. She performs worldwide at schools, libraries, conferences, and special events. A self-confessed chocoholic, she is glad that Rana Azul told Earth’s people about cacao because she absolutely loves this delightful food of the gods. The author of Pelican’s The Cajun Cornbread Boy, Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, Mama’s Bayou, The Gigantic Sweet Potato, There’s a Dragon in the Library, and The House That Witchy Built, de Las Casas lives with her family in the New Orleans area.