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Scott Emmons

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Scott Emmons is a children's author, lyricist and humor writer specializing in whimsical subject matter and rhyming verse. He spent 16 years on the writing staff at Hallmark, where he wrote many bestselling cards, gift books and children's storybooks. Later, as a staff writer for JibJab, he contributed to the Emmy-winning series "Ask the StoryBots" and wrote all the StoryBots books published by Penguin Random House. He has also published with Flying Eye Books of London. He lives in the Kansas City area with his wife and two black cats.

Jeff Mack

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Born in Syracuse, New York, Jeff Mack has written and illustrated a long list of picture books, chapter books, and early readers, including Clueless McGee, Good News Bad News, Frog and Fly, the Hippo and Rabbit series, and Hush Little Polar Bear. He has also illustrated many books for other authors, including James Howe's Bunnicula and Friends series and Eve Bunting's Hurry! Hurry!, one of School Library Journal's Best Books of 2007. At home in Easthampton, Massachusetts, he continues to write, illustrate, and visit schools and libraries to talk about his work. Visit him at