All God's Critters Sing Allelu

Some of PJ's earliest memories are of sitting at her round maple table, red-handled glue pot in front of her, scissors in hand, construction paper everywhere. She went to Bucknell University because it had the best extracurricular craft room she had ever seen, graduated with a B.A. in Spanish, added an art major from Calvin College, and earned an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Vermont College. When she isn't writing or in her studio making art, she's thinking about writing and making art, with her little dog, Skooter, her by her side.

Carol Herring is an illustrator living in Southland, New Zealand. She lives with her husband and five kids in a country cottage--along with sheep, rabbits, dogs, cats, and a miniature horse, who happen to live outside the cottage. She specializes in children's books and has plenty of inspiration to draw from with such a busy household. She loves to paint with gouache when she has the time, and is inspired by many illustrators from her childhood--such as Richard Scarry, Mary Blair, and Alice and Martin Provensen.