Benjamin Chaud is the author and illustrator of New York Times Notable Book The Bear’s Song, and the illustrator of Junior Library Guild selection I Didn’t Do My Homework Because...; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...; The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer...; Grown-ups Never Do That; Scared of the Dark? It’s Really Scared of You; and A Funny Thing Happened After School.... His books have been translated into 24 languages. He lives in the French Alps.