Bill Martin Jr is the author of numerous books for children, and has been a teacher, editor and storyteller. He lives in Campbell, Texas. John Archambault is a poet, journalist and storyteller who hyas worked with Bill Martin Jr on many projects. He lives in Idyllwild, California. Lois Ehlert has illustrated a number of children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Book Color Zoo. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Michael Sampson is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two books for young children, including Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 and The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry. He and Bill Martin Jr wrote many popular books together, including Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? Michael Sampson lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Lois Ehlert (1934–2021) illustrated numerous inventive, celebrated, and bestselling picture books, including Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Mice, Ten Little Caterpillars, and her own Holey Moley, The Scraps Book, RRRalph, Lots of Spots, Boo to You!, Leaf Man, Snowballs, Waiting for Wings, Planting a Rainbow, Growing Vegetable Soup, and Color Zoo, which received a Caldecott Honor.