Melissa Stewart has published more than 200 books on a wide range of science and nature topics, including the Sibert Medal Honoree Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Estivate. She co-wrote 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books and edited the anthology Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-winning Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing.
Mem Fox is Australia’s best-known children’s book author. Her books are tremendously popular in the U.S. as well, and she has traveled widely as a writer, teacher, and passionate proponent of reading aloud to children. You can also see our exclusive video interview with writer and illustrator Helen Oxenbury, Fox’s partner on Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.
