Michael Sampson is a children’s book author of two other books about Kitty Cat: Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up? and Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep?, both illustrated by Laura J. Bryant. In addition, he has collaborated with the late Bill Martin Jr on more than 20 books, including Chicka Chicka, 1, 2, 3 and The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry. He is also a distinguished educator, having taught elementary school, university students, and has served as Dean of the School of Education at Southern Connecticut State University and currently as Dean of the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. He is the father of two grown sons and a young daughter.
