Product Description
by Jo Ellen Bogart (Author), Lori Joy Smith (Illustrator)
For fans of Richard Scarry, a cute-as-a-button picture book featuring dozens of chickens as they set out for the county fair
Author Biography
JO ELLEN BOGART is the author of many books for children, including Big and Small, Room for All; Jeremiah Learns to Read; Daniel's Dog and Gifts. She has degrees in elementary education and psychology from the University of Texas, and she now writes full time. Jo Ellen has won the Ruth Schwartz Award and has been shortlisted for the Mr. Christie's Book Award. Her first book for Tundra was a biography of Maud Lewis called Capturing Joy: The Story of Maud Lewis, and her most recent picture book is The White Cat and the Monk, illustrated by Governor General's Award-winning illustrator Sidney Smith. Born in Houston, Texas, she now lives in a pet-filled home in Guelph, Ontario.
LORI JOY SMITH is an illustrator and fine artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries across Canada and the United States. Her illustrations have appeared on greeting cards and in Chirp, American Girl, Teen and Today's Parent magazines, among other places. Lori is an up-and-coming picture book illustrator, whose work includes Noisy Poems for a Busy Day by Robert Heidbreder, as well as The Goodnight Book, which she also wrote. Lori enjoys knitting, drawing and sewing. She lives with her family in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
