HOLLY HOBBIE has worked as an artist for more than forty years and is the author of eleven highly acclaimed Toot & Puddle picture books. She most recently created the picture book A Cat Named Swan and wrote and illustrated her own picture-book memoir, Everything but the Horse- A Childhood Memory. Holly and her husband, Doug, live in Massachusetts.
Hobbie's story is proffered with a light touch, a full heart, breezily charming artwork, and an ingenious protagonist --Publishers Weekly, starred review