Claire Annette Noland knows that everyone who reads is a winner. As a children's librarian, reading specialist, and author, she has made it her life's goal to get kids excited about books and reading. Claire lives with her family on a river in central California. Alicia Teba was born in Spain. She has been drawing since she was three and has never stopped. She has been working as an illustrator for Spanish publishers and has also done comics for magazines and stationary designs. This is her fifth book. Alicia was born in Spain. She has been drawing since she was three, and has never stopped. She studied cinema and arts. She has been working as an illustrator for known spanish publishers and this is her fifth book. She also has done comics for magazines and stationary design. She has always loved animals and nature and this is very apparent in her artwork.