Emma Books

Born in Taiwan, celebrated children’s author Jean Little grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Toronto with an honors degree in English. A member of the Order of Canada, Little has received six honorary degrees and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. Her books have been translated into a dozen languages and have won numerous awards, including a Canada Council Children’s Literature Award (now known as the Governor General’s Literary Award), a cla Book of the Year, the Little, Brown Children’s Book Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award. She lives in Guelph, Ontario.

Jamie Harper is the author-illustrator of the first book about this feisty flamingo teacher, MISS MINGO AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. She lives outside Boston.

Jennifer Plecas is an illustrator, designer, and author who has illustrated over thirty books for children, including the beloved Good Night, Good Knight books. She also lives in Kansas City with her family.