My Family, Your Family!

Kathryn Cole has spent a forty-five-year career in children’s books as an illustrator, art director, editor, designer, and publisher at Scholastic, OUP, Stoddart Kids and Tundra Books. The books she has overseen have won multiple awards, including four Governor General’s Awards. She is the author of the I’m a Great Little Kid Series with BOOST Child & Youth Advocacy Centre. Kathryn volunteered as a support to parents for thirteen years with BOOST in their crisis support and court preparation groups. She is co-managing editor at Second Story Press and lives in Toronto.

Cornelia Li is a Chinese born illustrator currently based in Toronto, Canada. She is intrigued by narrative weaved into daily interaction between people and their surroundings and set out to capture the relationship by externalize the ideas and emotions into elements in her images. Her work has been recognized by Society of Illustration, American Illustration, Communication Arts, The AOI, 3x3 Illustration, and more. She has a umbrella cockatoo named Charlie as her studio assistant.