Barbara Bietz Author

Barbara Bietz is an award-winning author and the creator of the website JewishBooksforKids where she interviews authors, illustrators, editors, and more. Barbara is a former chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards committee (Association of Jewish Libraries). When she isn’t writing, Barbara enjoys playing guitar and building dollhouses. She lives with her family in Southern California. June Sobel loves picture books for the way they awaken the wonder of words in children and keep the child alive in adults.  Creating books for the very young pre-readers is her passion. She is the author of more than 10 picture books, including the best-selling THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN series.  June enjoys exploring the world, hiking, and photography. Her website is junesobel. She lives in Westlake Village, California. Ruth Waters creates illustrations using collage, decorating the paper by hand using brushes, rollers - even old toothbrushes - to create unique textures. As an author/illustrator she has five published picture books and been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2019 and 2020, Children's Book Category. She lives in England.