Miles Won't Smile (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781605376929)

Jackie Az俉 Kramer was born in Manhattan, NY. She studied acting and voice at New York University and earned her MA, Queens College, Counseling in Education. She has worked as an actor, singer, and school counselor. Her work with children presented her with an opportunity to address their concerns, secrets and hopes through storytelling. She is the author of How Lilly Ate the Rainbow, If You Want to Fall Asleep and The Green Umbrella chosen Bank Street College Best Children's Books of The Year. Jackie and her family live under a canopy of trees in Long Island, NY.

Martina Heiduczek grew up in a small village on the Baltic Sea in Germany. Here she used to gallop through the forests on her Shetland pony, but she also loved to read and draw. After her study design and illustration in Hamburg, Martina moved to Australia. She creates funny illustrations in a mixture of digital and traditional media, like gouache, colored pencil and layers of scanned pictures. Her work is inspired by nature, people, her two home countries and the emotionally moving and silly things she sees ... Magic is everywhere!