Meg Rosoff is the award-winning author of seven novels and three picture books, including the Printz Award winner How I Live Now and the National Book Award finalist Picture Me Gone. Meg lives in London with her husband, their daughter, and two very hairy dogs. Learn more at megrosoff.co.uk. David Ercolini studied painting at Pratt Institute and later received an MFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts. He is the illustrator of the picture books The Night Before Christmas and Not Inside This House!, which was named an Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book for Illustration. He lives and works in New York City. Visit him online at davidercolini.com.
Rosoff's little tale of interspecies family love should bring a laugh or two to young readers, juxtaposing as it does the absurdity of a very large member of the deer family residing in a human abode . . . A lesson in animal care told with love and humor. --Kirkus Reviews Rosoff (the McTavish series) and Ercolini (Not Inside This House!) start with a goofy what-if . . . but deepen their story into something much more: one about how loving families stick together, embrace radical acceptance, and know when to let go. --Publishers Weekly Unconditional acceptance forms the central theme in this droll tale. --Booklist