The Little Red Box of Bright and Early Board Books

P. D. Eastman was an author and illustrator who created many children’s books, including Are You My Mother?; Go, Dog. Go!; and The Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he published his first Beginner Book, Sam and the Firefly, in 1958. Since then, his books have sold more than fifty million copies, and he has become one of the most beloved children’s book authors in the world.

Michael Frith is a writer and illustrator known for Some of Us Walk, Some of Us Fly, Some Swim; I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words; The Sesame Street Library: With Jim Henson’s Muppets, Vol. 1, and more.