Hero Mom

MELINDA HARDIN is an author, a prolific journaler and keeper of a stack of notebooks, the sporadic creator of social media posts, and the infrequent contributor to her town's local magazine. She's a professional encourager, with trained experience in wellness and resilience, and is gifted at reimagining a better way. She loves soulful music, everyday rituals, being in nature, and redemption stories. She and her husband Ben live in their hometown of Shelbyville, Kentucky, with their two girls, Celia and Annie.

Bryan Langdo has written and/or illustrated more than twenty books for children. Some of his most recent titles include Pastry School in Paris: An Adventure in Capacity and Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning, both by Cindy Neuschwander, and Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff by Sarah Burell. He is also a monthly contributor to Cobblestone Magazine. He lives in Trumansburg, New York, with his wife and two children. Learn more at the artist's website: www.bryanlangdo.com.