Todd Parr is the author and illustrator of more than 40 books for children, including The I Love You Book, The Earth Book, and The Thankful Book.
Mary Pope Osborne has written almost 100 books, including biographies, mysteries, picture books, novels and retellings of fairy tales and world mythology.
Rick Riordan is the author of over 20 novels including the Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles, the Magnus Chase series and the Trials of Apollo.
Kate DiCamillo is the author of many books for young readers including The Tale of Despereaux, Because of Winn-Dixie and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Eric Litwin is a song singing, guitar strumming, # 1 New York Times Best Selling author who brings early literacy and music together. He is the original author of the Pete the Cat series as well as the author of The Nuts and Groovy Joe.
Raina Telgemeier is the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Smile, Drama, Sisters, and Ghosts, all #1 New York Times bestsellers.