About Peggy Rathmann
Peggy Rathmann was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the suburbs. Ms. Rathmann attended colleges everywhere, changing her major often. She eventually earned a BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota. She then studied commercial art at the American Academy in Chicago, fine art at the Atelier Lack in Minneapolis, and children’s-book writing and illustration at the Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. Ms. Rathmann lives and works in Nicasio, California, on a ranch she shares with her husband, John Wick, and a very funny bunch of birds.
About John Lithgow
John Lithgow is an author of the New York Times bestselling Dumpty series as well as several children's picture books. His recordings for kids earned him four Grammy nominations. As an actor, he won two Tony Awards, six Emmys, two Golden Globes, and two Oscar nominations. He has starred in the hit TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, Dexter, The Crown, and Perry Mason and in critically acclaimed films such as The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment, and Bombshell. He has performed on Broadway twenty-five times and in England with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.