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Candice Ransom

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Ransom has published more than 150 books for children, and she is amazed every day that she's able to do this as her life's work. It's no small thing to discover at an early age (ten!) what one is meant to do, and then pursue that dream. For her, the best part of writing for children is that she can move between writing board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade novels, nonfiction, and biography. She is excited to move into picture book nonfiction with BONES IN THE WHITE HOUSE: THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MAMMOTH (Doubleday, 2020) .AMANDA PANDA QUITS KINDERGARTEN and the sequel...

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.