Biographical note

Maria Gianferrari and her rescue dog, Maple, play race-and-chase in Massachusetts, rain or shine. She’s the author of Being a Dog: A Tail of Mindfulness, Fungi Grow, Be a Tree! and many others. You can learn more about Maria at her website, mariagianferrari.com Pete Oswald is an LA-based artist, kid lit author/illustrator, and production designer. Pete is the illustrator of the Food Group series by Jory John and the Cranky series by Phuc Tran as well as many other picture books. When Pete is not working on books, he is helping to uplift many of the most successful animated franchises, as a character designer, concept artist, and production designer. Pete lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two sons.