Carmen Tafolla & Grace Zong (Illustrator)

Carmen Tafolla is a poet, speaker, professor emeritus, State Poet Laureate of Texas, and author of more than thirty books, including Fiesta Babies, What Can You Do with a Paleta?, and What Can You Do with a Rebozo? (all available from Random House). Tafolla has received many awards, including the Americas Award, five International Latino Book Awards, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She travels to many places across the world, but always comes back to San Antonio, to a home filled with books and surrounded by trees, butterflies, and raccoons. Visit her website at carmentafolla.net.Grace Zong is the illustrator of Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas (Charlesbridge), Mrs. McBee Leaves Room 3 (Peachtree), Our Food (Charlesbridge), and many other books for young readers. She has a BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Born in Illinois and raised in South Korea, Grace now splits her time between New York and South Korea.