Pearl and Wagner: Five Days Till Summer

Kate McMullan taught elementary school in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. After earning a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, she decided to try her hand at writing, and settled in New York City. She also writes under the names K.H. McMullan and Katy Hall and has more than 50 children’s books to her credit, including her bestselling picture book collaborations with her husband Jim.

R. W. Alley has illustrated more than 60 children’s books including Best Kind of Baby and Ballerino Nate. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island.