The Hound from the Pound

Jessica Swaim says that she divides her time pretty evenly between dogs and books. This is her first book with Candlewick Press. She lives in Parker, Colorado.

Jill McElmurry has illustrated many books for children, including OUR NEST by Reeve Lindbergh and Karen Pandell’s WHERE'S STRETCH? and PEEKABOO, STRETCH! She lives on the Higglety Pigglety Farm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.