The Green Lake Gifting Game (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781497308985)

About the Author: Marianne Mersereau grew up in the mountains of Southern Appalachia and moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1988. She enjoys gardening and floral design and serves as Director of the Flower Guild at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Seattle. She taught elementary school for a decade and is the author of an award-winning chapbook of narrative poetry. "The Green Lake Gifting Game" marks her picture book debut. She and her husband, Dave, are the parents of two children. About the Illustrator: D.ita Louise is an artist who was born in Seattle. She has been going around Green Lake all her life, and lived next to it twice. She studied at the Cornish College of the Arts, and her oil and encaustic paintings include scenes from the Pacific Northwest and Mexico where she frequently travels. D.ita has also worked as a DJ and theater set designer/scenic artist. She is the parent of three children and special friend to a dog named Ruby.