DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Lauren Kukla Author & Illustrator

Lauren Kukla is a freelance author and poet who loves writing for kids. She has written many books for young readers. She lives with her husband and kids in Minnesota. She is the cofounder and creative director of littledigital.org. You can find her poetry on Instagram and TikTok as @NorthCountryPoet.

Susana Gurrea is an illustrator from Barcelona, Spain. She studied illustration and comics, later receiving a postgraduate degree in Illustration for Children’s Publications at the Eina University School of Design, in Barcelona. Her work has appeared in early readers books, educational manuals, children’s magazines, and non-fiction books.