The Song of Francis and the Animals

Pat Mora is a literacy advocate and prolific author of poetry, nonfiction, and children's books. Her picture book, This Big Sky (Scholastic), was named a Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Book; Tomás and the Library Lady (Knopf) was included in Teachers' Choices, a project of the International Reading Association; and My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults (Arte Público Press), was selected for the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List. Pat Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Visit Pat Mora's website: www.patmora.com

David Frampton has been writing and illustrating books for young readers for thirty years. Some of his honored works include The Whole Night Through (HarperCollins), My Son John written by Jim Aylesworth (Henry Holt), and Rhyolite written by Diane Siebert (Clarion). David Frampton grew up in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Apex, North Carolina.