Small Nap, Little Dream

Talia Aikens-Nuñez (kidslitbytalia.com) also wrote the picture books Colors of the Sun and Moon: Colores del Sol y de La Luna and Escucha Means Listen. Raising a bilingual child inspired her to write multicultural children's books. Talia's family loves nature so much that she and her husband vowed that they will always try to live close to water. She and her family live in Connecticut with a little pond. Natalia Colombo (nataliacolombo.com.ar) is an illustrator and graphic designer living in Buenos Aires. She studied graphic design at the Universidad De Buenos Aires and has illustrated picture books published in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Mexico, Korea, Brazil, Chile, the US, and Argentina. Her book Cerca was awarded the first International Compostela Prize by the Department of Education of the City Council of Santiago and KALANDRAKA. The Italian version of the same book, Vicini, received the Delle Palme Prize for Best Foreign Picture Book.