April & Mae and the Sleepover

About the Author

Megan Dowd Lambert is the author of A Kid of Their Own, A Crow of His Own, Real Sisters Pretend, and Reading Picture Books with Children. Her experiences as a white mother of seven children in a blended, multiracial, queer, adoptive family inform her work as an author, reviewer, and educator. A former children's literature instructor at Simmons University, Megan reviews and writes for Kirkus and Horn Book; is a consultant with EmbraceRace, a community focused on race and kids; and serves on the curation team of Our Shelves, a subscription box service that features racially diverse, LGBTQ+, and feminist characters and families. Gisela Boh rquez fell in love with drawing when her parents gave her a huge box of crayons at three years old. Born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, she was always surrounded by her uncle Jairo's amazing books and her father's drawings. At school, she used to sell little stickers with animals she drew herself. Ever since, Gisela knew she wanted to be an artist and work with shapes and colors. She studied graphic design in college, where she learned digital illustration and fell in love with those techniques. She loves to put her whole heart in her work- according to her, that's the secret to connecting people with her designs. www.behance.net/GiselaBohorquez