Madeleine Dunphy is an educational consultant who teaches children about endangered environments. Madeleine has written several books for children, including all of the books in the Here Is the … series. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Chris, and their daughter, Gwendolyn. For more information about Madeleine and her books, visit her website at www.mdunphy.com. Since childhood, Wayne McLoughlin has had a love of the outdoors that has informed both his professional works and leisure-time activities. Wayne has illustrated a wide variety of children’s fiction and nonfiction including the acclaimed Warrior series by Erin Hunter.