Loree Griffin Burns Author

Loree Griffin Burns is a biologist and the author of many nonfiction books for children. Her books have won many accolades, including American Library Association Notable designations, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, an International Reading Association Children’s Book Award, a Green Earth Book Award, and two AAAS/Subaru Prizes for Excellence in Science Books. She lives in New England, where she writes, teaches, and studies her insect neighbours.
Jamie Green is the illustrator of multiple books for young readers and was named the Society of Illustrators Zankel Scholar in 2019. Their work explores the natural world, along with themes of human connection, travel, history and movement. Jamie Green lives in South Carolina, and can often be found either in the corner of a café or on trails in the Blue Ridge Mountains.