Karen Rostoker-Gruber Author

Karen Rostoker-Gruber is a multi-award-winning author of many picture books with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match was named a National Jewish Book Award Finalist and awarded the 2016 Outstanding Children's Literature Award from the Church and Synagogue Library Association. Her book Maddie the Mitzvah Clown was named a PJ Library book selection in July of 2017 and again in  July of 2022. Karen lives in Branchburg, NJ. Carles Arbat was born in Bescanó, a little village in Catalonia, Spain. He studied at Olot’s Art School and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Graphic Design. He immediately began his career as an illustrator for educational projects, magazines, and children’s books. He currently lives in Barcelona, Spain.