Cooking with the Birthday Bird

Glenda Armand has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She now devotes her time to writing historical fiction and picture-book biographies. She is the author of several books, including All Aboard the Schooltrain, Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese, and Down on the Bayou. Glenda also cowrote the Texas Bluebonnet Award–winning Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better with Kim Freeman. Glenda was born in New Orleans and grew up in Los Angeles, eating seafood gumbo with a dollop of potato salad on the side. Find Glenda online at glenda-armand.com and on Instagram at @glendaarmand.