Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than 70 books of fiction and nonfiction for children, including Prudence the Part-Time Cow, A Chip off the Old Block, It's Your First Day Of School, Busy Bus!, Emergency Kittens, the Bear and Friends Puzzle Reader series, and more. When she's not writing, Jody can be found spending time with family and walking her rescue dog, Sophie. Visit Jody at jodyjensenshaffer.com and on X @jodywrites4kids. Beatrice was born and raised in Bologna, Italy, where she still lives and works as a freelance illustrator, author, and visual artist. She lives with a sassy, chubby black cat named Lapo, who often appears in her works, sometimes as the star, sometimes as a photobomber.