Hayley Rocco is the author of How to Send a Hug, her first collaboration with her husband, John Rocco. Before dedicating herself to writing for children full-time, Hayley worked as a publicist at several major publishers. An ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, a nonprofit focused on conservation and rewilding South Africa, Hayley travels the world armed with a pen, a journal, and her camera, discovering stories of wild things and wild places. Visit Hayley at hayleyrocco.com and follow her on Instagram @hayleyroccobooks. John Rocco is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, and How We Got to the Moon, which received a Sibert Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. John, also an ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, ventures with Hayley into the wild in search of stories they can bring back and share with readers everywhere. John and Hayley live in Rhode Island in an old house tucked in the woods near the sea. Visit John at roccoart.com and follow him on Instagram @roccoart.
"""Eye-opening facts and humorous questions pepper the friendly narration . . . Wows with unexpected details . . . A charismatic picture of its smiling subject, buoyed by interactive questions."" —Publishers Weekly ""Lovely pencil, watercolor, and digital illustrations . . . Back matter features additional facts, notes on the endangerment of each species, and organizations working to save them. Each title reads like a picture book, making a solid serial option for an informative, nature-inspired read aloud series"" —Booklist ""Kicking off a series of basic encounters with threatened or endangered species, the Roccos wake a smiling brown-throated three-toed sloth from a nap so that it can describe its lifestyle in Mr. Rogers–style simplicity . . . A particularly absorbing overview."" —Kirkus Reviews"