Patricia Hubbell has been writing for children for almost forty years. She is the author of numerous award-winning picture books, poetry books, and easy readers, and her poems appear in more than two hundred anthologies, textbooks, and magazines. Among her recent, popular books are Bouncing Time (HarperCollins, 2000) and Sidewalk Trip (HarperCollins, 1999). A full-time writer, Hubbell lives in Easton, Connecticut, with her husband. To find out more about Patricia Hubbell, visit her website: www.kidspoet.com.