TRISH HOLLAND is the author of the Little Golden Books Come Back, Zack! and Lasso the Moon, and the co-author of the Big Golden Book The Soldiers' Night Before Christmas. VANESSA BRANTLEY NEWTON is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter who has illustrated numerous children's books including Bob Marley's One Love and Tori Spelling's Tallulah. She wrote and illustrated Let Freedom Sing and Don't Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table.