Peggy Thomas is the author of more than twenty award-winning nonfiction books for children including Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln's Agricultural Legacy, illustrated by Stacy Innerst, and Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, which earned the AFBFA 2020 Book of the Year Award. From her home in Middleport, NY, Peggy frequently speaks at schools, libraries, and conferences, promoting food security through her writing and in her own garden. A portion of all proceeds from this book will help support her local food pantry. Learn more at www.peggythomaswrites.com. Sam Kalda is an illustrator and artist who has taught at CUNY Queens College and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His commissioned works include editorial, book, advertising and pattern illustration and in 2017 he received a gold medal in book illustration from the Society of Illustrators. His first book, which he both wrote and illustrated, was Of Cats and Men: History's Great Cat-loving Artists, Writers, Thinkers and Statesmen, and he's illustrated the highly acclaimed When Darwin Sailed the Sea and When We Walked on the Moon, both written by David Long. Sam lives in St. Paul, MN, in an old house with his husband and two cats. See more of Sam's work at www.samkalda.com.
