MELISSA MARTIN Ph.D. is an author, columnist, educator, and clinical child therapist with extensive experience as a play and behavioral therapist. She is the author of the picture book, Tessie Tames Her Tongue. As a newspaper columnist, she writes about children's mental health issues and parenting. Melissa lives in Ohio.
TROY CUMMINGS is the creator of the New York Times bestseller Can I Be Your Dog? and its companion picture book I Found A Kitty! He has written and illustrated a bunch of other books, including The Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out! (Big-Time!), Little Red Gliding Hood (written by Tara Lazar), Those Are Not My Underpants! (written by Melissa Martin), and the chapter book series The Notebook of Doom. He lives in Greencastle, Indiana with his messy kids and neat cats. Check out more of Troy’s work at troycummings.net.
