MIKE CURATO is the award-winning author and illustrator of the beloved polka-dotted elephant, Little Elliot, who appears in his books Little Elliot, Big City; Little Elliot, Big Family; Little Elliot, Big Fun; and Little Elliot, Fall Friends. He is also the illustrator of What If... by Samantha Berger and All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle. Mike lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.