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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen Krensky is the award-winning author of more
than 150 fiction and nonfiction books for children .
He and his wife Joan live in Lexington, Massachusetts,
and he happily spends as much time as possible with
his grown children and not-so-grown grandchildren .

Photographs: t = Top, c = Center, b = Bottom, l = Left, r = Right
Alamy: FAY 2018: p. 6 cl; CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING/ClassicStock: p.
13 cr; Niday Picture Library: p. 14 r; Historic Images: p. 15 t; Mira: p. 24;
Pictures Now: p. 29 tr; Shutterstock: Elena Medvedeva: cover tl, p. 29 tl;
Everett Collection: cover bl, p. 29 b; Ivaylo Ivanov: cover br; James Steidl:
p. 4; JosepPerianes: p. 5 tl; Anna Tkach: p. 5 tr; alicedaniel: p. 5 cl; Lara
Written by: Stephen Krensky Cold: p. 5 cr; New Africa: p. 5 bl; Minakryn Ruslan: p. 6 t; mishu: p. 6 cr;
bioraven: p. 7; Yutthasart Yanakornsiri: p. 8 t; Malota: p. 8 b; Bodor
Illustrations by: Bobbie Houser Tivadar: p. 9 bl; urfin: p. 9 br; drewthehobbit: p. 10 c; P.S.Art-Design-
Studio: p. 10 r; Amberside: p. 11; gualtiero boffi: p. 12 l; Kancerina: p. 12 r;
Art direction and layout by: Bobbie Houser enterlinedesign: p. 13 t; Mtrisma: p. 13 cl; eurobanks: p. 13 b; Jaromond:
p. 14 l; Arthur Balitskii: p. 15 b; Pikovit: p. 16; North Wind Picture Archives:
Series Development: James Earley p. 17 t; Kerim Koca: pp. 17 cl, 26 c; AVA Bitter: p. 17 cr; Snap2Art: p. 17 b;
Proofreader: Petrice Custance Erkki Makkonen: p. 18; dan.nikonov: p. 19 t; okili77: p. 19 b; MicroOne: p.
20 l; Uncle Leo: p. 20 c; Save nature and wildlife: p. 21; Mio Buono: p. 22 l;
Educational Consultant: Marie Lemke M.Ed. borsvelka: p. 22 r; chippix: p. 23 t; ducu59us: pp. 23 cr, 26 r; domnitsky: p.
25 t; Juris Kraulis: p. 25 b; Egor Shilov: p. 26 l; Palau: p. 26 c; NataLima: p.
Print Coordinator: Katherine Berti 27; Colin Dewar: p. 28 l

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