Michael J. Rosen is a dog lover of the highest order. His canine canon includes the anthology The Company of Dogs; My Dog! A Kids’ Guide to Keeping a Happy and Healthy Pet; Speak! Children’s Book Illustrators Brag About Their Dogs; Bonesy and Isabel; With a Dog Like That, a Kid Like Me . . . ; The Blessing of the Animals; The Dog Who Walked with God; and The Hound Dog’s Haiku and Other Poems for Dog Lovers. The Tale of Rescue was inspired by his newest rescue dog, an Australian stumpy-tail cattle dog named Chant. Michael J. Rosen lives in Glenford, Ohio.
Stan Fellows has illustrated several books for children, including John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist by Kathryn Lasky and The Cuckoo’s Haiku and Other Birding Poems by Michael J. Rosen. He lives in Colorado.