Erica S. Perl is a full-time writer and part-time chicken. She is the author of
Chicken Butt!; Ninety-three in My Family (Reuben Award, Book Sense Pick, Slate's Best Books), which
School Library Journal called a "comic masterpiece;" and
Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early, which received a starred review from
Booklist. She lives with her family in Washington, DC.
Arthur Howard is the illustrator of the Mr. Putter & Tabby series, Gooseberry Park series, and Motor Mouse series by Cynthia Rylant;
Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Perl;
Noodle & Lou by Liz Garton Scanlon; and his own picture books. He has also coauthored and illustrated many books of humor for adults and appeared for seven seasons in the PBS math-oriented production
Square One Television. He lives in New York City.