Joey Benun
Joey Benun has always thought BIG—just like the BIG numbers he loves so much. He’s been fascinated with numbers since he was five years old—the bigger, the better. A fortuitous conversation with his niece and nephews inspired him to think EVEN BIGGER and introduce children of all ages to the fun and fascination of large numbers. Thus, Pebbles and the Biggest Number was born!
Years before Pebbles took flight, nine-year-old Joey penned a comic series about a disgruntled ketchup packet. Transformed into The Ketchup Monster after being carelessly discarded, it wasn't long before his imaginative tale had both friends and teachers vying for a copy.
Currently, Joey resides in Brooklyn, New York, overseeing Amazon accounts for his family's apparel bu
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Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Sandeep Kumar Mishra is the bestseller author of "One Heart- Many Breaks-2020" and "The Brooch: A Magic Within-2022".
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Sandeep Kumar Mishra is the poetry editor at Indian Poetry Review. He has received "Readers Favorite Silver Award-21", "Indian Achievers Award-21", “IPR Poetry Award-2020” and “Literary Titan Book Award-2020”.
He was shortlisted for "Commonwealth Story Award-2023,", "2021 International Book Awards", "52nd New Millennium Award-2021", "Asian Anthology-2021" and "Joy B Poetry Prize 2021" and "Oprelle Poetry Prize 2021" and "MPT Story Award-2022' and 'Newcastle Story Award-2022" and "Anasi Story Award-2022".
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Edgar is an award-winning, best-selling children's book author from Texas who inspires young readers with his adventurous and imaginative storytelling. When Edgar is not writing, he loves spending time with his family, exploring new places, and creating awesome memories.
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Dr. Dhoot
Dr. Dhoot is the author of the Tinker Toddlers series of books providing simple explanations of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) topics. She aims to expose the littlest learners to emerging STEM concepts early on to accelerate the absorption of complex topics later.
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Dr. Dhoot lives in sunny California with her husband and newborn daughter.
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B.C. Stephan
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Jory John
Jory John is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient.
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Jory's work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Good Egg, and the #2 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Bad Seed, both illustrated by Pete Oswald. He is also the author of the popular picture books, Penguin Problems and Giraffe Problems, both illustrated by Lane Smith, the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, illustrated by Benji Davies, the New York Times bestselling Terrible Two series, the recent picture books Quit Calling Me a Monster! (with Bob Shea), Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back? (with Liz Climo), and the international bestseller, All my friends are dead, among many other books for both -
Janice Garden Macdonald
I'm a Canadian mother and grandmother with a passion for writing. I've been lucky enough to receive a number of awards in different genres including the Zoetrope short fiction award and the Moondance Film Festival award for an animated screenplay.
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I'm a recipient of a Canada Council Grant for my efforts in the short story genre.
Years ago, I was the happy owner of a modest bookstore, where I spent endless hours reading on the slow days, (of which there were far too many) and writing my own stories on the other slow days!
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Raven Howell
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Ron Keres
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Cynthia Kern OBrien
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Multi-Award winning Author of: Marky the Magnificent Fairy, A Disability Story of Courage, Kindness, and Acceptance.
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There are many different depictions of hodags in Jill's hometown of Rhinelander, WI (it’s the official mascot) and when she was growing up all of these hodags were shown to be mean and scary. Jill decided to add a new kind of hodag to the landscape and in 2006 created Happy the Hodag t -
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Rebecca Marklund
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