Biographical note

Jennifer Dupuis is a blind children’s book author who enjoys beekeeping, ballroom dancing, and playing her guitar for anyone who will listen. You can find her YouTube channel at “Living with Blindness and Balance.” Having worked with children for thirty-five years, she recognizes the power of laughter in learning and thus weaves wonderful humor into all that she writes. Jennifer lives in southern Maine with her husband and two sons and is proud to have received the 2020 Evelyn Morrill Durgin Award for her years of work as a volunteer within her community. CAROL SCHWARTZ has illustrated more than 50 picture books, including My Busy Green Garden, which Kirkus called “a lovely literary and artistic rendering.” Her other books include Sea Squares (an Outstanding Science Trade Book and Children’s Choice award winner), The Maiden of Northland (an Aesop Accolade List book), and Thinking about Ants (an Outstanding Science Trade Book). Carol taught illustration at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and has shared her passion for illustrating at the hundreds of elementary schools, libraries, conferences, and colleges she has visited.