作者介紹
作者介紹 Rita Lorraine Hubbard is a former teacher of over 20 years who now writes historical children's books about people who overcome odds with heart and courage. She is the author of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, which won the 2022 Texas Bluebonnet award; Hammering for Freedom, which won the 2012 Lee and Low New Voices award; and African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes, which won the 2014 East Tennessee Preservation Award. Rita recently received the 2024 Ruth Holmberg Arts Leadership Award and is a long-standing member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Commercial artist Mat Edwards draws inspiration from the things he sees in daily life. Immersed in his art with his brain "always ticking over," in his words, or "away with the fairies," according to his wife, he can create everything from the thoroughly modern to would-have-sworn-it-was-vintage style designs, with the power of precision and repetition as key to the appeal of his works.
