Miranda Paul is an award-winning author of children's books whose work includes
Water Is Water (also illustrated by Jason Chin),
Are We Pears Yet (illustrated by Carin Berger), and
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia. She lives in Wisconsin.
Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books. He received the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in Andrea Wang's
Watercress, a Newbery Honor book and APALA award winner. His book
Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. His other acclaimed nonfiction titles--
Coral Reefs,
Redwoods,
Gravity, and
Island: A Story of the Galapagos--have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard's debut title
Pie Is for Sharing and Miranda Paul's
Water is Water. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children.