Kay Jones is a forty-year educator having taught in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and currently in Dallas, Texas. If not the kids in her classroom, then her five grandchildren are inspiring her to think and learn, but most importantly to laugh. Kay originally wrote “The Cousins Are Coming” as a rhyme for children to perform as a reader’s theater, while encouraging them to add their special touches to the performance. With roots in Little Rock, Arkansas and as an educator in the Dallas, Kay brings her wit and zest for literacy to classrooms each day, and now her own unique touch to lyrical books for children.Peter Trimarco started his professional doodling career as an editorial cartoonist before turning to commercial art and designing packaging for the music industry. While staying in the entertainment field, he published a trade magazine for the film industry and now brings his creative juices to the printed page for youngsters. He has illustrated numerous children’s picture books, winning several IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, in addition to honors from Foreword Indies, and multiple Moonbeam and IndieReader Discovery Awards.