Many Ways to Be a Soldier

Wendy Pfeffer has had 35 children’s books published, with six more under contract. Wendy comes by writing and her love of words naturally, since her grandfather was an author as well as a doctor. Her father was a math professor, with a hobby that focused on the origin of words and phrases. A Log’s Life (Simon & Schuster) won the Jon Burroughs Nature Books for Young Readers Award and The Giverny Award for the Best Children’s Science Book. Awards for other books: Booklist, Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books, Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best, American Booksellers’ Pick of the List, and NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children. Various titles: From Tadpole to Frog, What’s it Like to Be a Fish?, Wiggling Worms at Work, and Dolphin Talk (HarperCollins). A fascinating four-book series begins with The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice (Dutton). Wendy’s books are in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. Wendy enjoys visiting schools where she makes presentations and conducts creative writing workshops. She is a member of the SCBWI, The Rutgers Council on Children’s Literature, Savvy Marketers, Bucks County Authors of Books for Children, and The Authors Guild.

Elaine S. Verstraete creates art and illustration from her studio in Middlesex, New York. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and currently teaches illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology. Elaine’s illustrations appear in numerous children’s books, including six titles with Lerner Publishing Group. Her work also appears on Wegmans brand product labels and numerous Rochester-area festival posters, including Rochester’s renowned Lilac Festvial.