Richard Jackson was a highly regarded children’s book editor, and an acclaimed author. His titles include In Plain Sight, with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Snow Scene, with illustrations by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, and Tessa Takes Wing, with illustrations by Julie Downing. He passed away in 2019.
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal winning and New York Times bestselling book Locomotive, as well as Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 and Lightship, both of which were Sibert Honor winning books. He is also the illustrator of the popular Poppy series, by Avi. Visit him at BrianFloca.com.
