Iona Opie has dedicated her life to collecting and preserving children s rhymes as art form and believes that "nursery rhymes are good for you." In partnership with her late husband, Peter Opie, she edited many acclaimed books of children s folklore, including "The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes." She lives in England. Rosemary Wells is the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for young readers. She has won many awards, including more than twenty American Library Association Notable Book citations, a" New York Times Book Review" Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award, and a "Boston Globe Horn Book" Award. She lives in upstate New York."