A child of newcomers, Aino Anto grew up one of four rambunctious kids in a big city, with summers spent exploring forest paths. She earned her fist dime drawing mermaids on commission from other kids in Miss Brown’s Grade one class. Aino graduated from the University of Toronto and earned an associate’s diploma from the […]

Sue Macartney’s creative style as an author-illustrator has been shaped by life on four continents and work as a graphic designer and children’s art educator. She has a deep love of nature and lives in Victoria, British Columbia with her husband and a backyard full of birds. Sue also contributed to A World of Mindfulness (2020) […]

Author, illustrator, designer, and visual artist Karen Patkau’s distinctive art can be found in more than a dozen picture books for children. She is the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Memorial Medal for Don’t Eat Spiders, and One Watermelon Seed was a Bank Street Best Book. Her recent book A Good Trade is a […]