Kate Narita

Kate Narita is a writer and fourth-grade teacher. She earned her undergraduate degree and master's in education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in writing for children from Simmons College. She lives, writes, and hikes on a small mountain in central Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, and dog.

Suzanne Kaufman is the illustrator of Samanthasaurus Rex, written by B. B. Mandell, and Naughty Claudine Christmas, written by Patrick Jennings, and the author and illustrator of I Love Monkey and It's Confiscated. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two bug-exploring daughters of her own.