Freddie Ramos Makes a Splash

Jacqueline Jules is the award-winning author of 40 children’s books, including the Zapato Power series, the Sofia Martinez series, Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation, Duck for Turkey Day, Never Say a Mean Word Again, Feathers for Peacock, The Hardest Word, and Pluto is Peeved. Also a poet, Jacqueline is the author of three poetry chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in over 100 publications, including Cricket, Cicada, Germ Magazine, YARN, The Poetry Friday Anthologies, and One Minute Till Bedtime. She lives in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.

MIGUEL BENITEZ likes to describe himself as a “part-time daydreamer and a full-time doodler.” His work includes the illustrations for the Zapato Power series. He lives with his wife and two cats in Surrey, United Kingdom.