Alayne Kay Christian is the acquisitions editor for Blue Whale Press and an award-winning children's book author. She is the creator and teacher of a picture book writing course Art of Arc. Her published works include the award-winning Sienna, the Cowgirl Fairy chapter book series and the award-winning picture book Butterfly Kisses for Grandma and Grandpa, and picture book An Old Man and His Penguin: How Dindim Made Jo�o Pereira de Souza an Honorary Penguin. Her next picture book The Weed That Woke Christmas: The Mostly True Story of the Toledo Christmas Weed will also be released in 2020. Her fourth picture book, Faith Beneath the Bridge will be brought into the world in 2021. Born in the Rockies, raised in Chicago, and now a true-blue Texan, Alayne's writing shares her creative spirit and the kinship to nature and humanity that reside within her heart. You can learn more about Alayne by going to alaynekaychristianauthor.com.