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Annemarie Riley Guertin is the author of several books for children. Her titles include How the Finch Got His Colors, Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves, The Monsters on the Broom, and ABC, Rise Up and Be! Annemarie works as a high school early education CTE teacher in Methuen, Massachusetts. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Michael, and their two children. Cory Reid has a BA Hons Degree in Illustration from Loughborough University and has a passion for creating adorable characters and worlds for them to inhabit. His charming digital style features fine detailing and is beautifully textured. Cory has worked in the creative industry for almost twenty years, starting as a greetings card designer, before moving into children’s publishing. He has already had several titles published for clients including Usborne Publishing, Owlet Press, Autumn Publishing and Pan Macmillan.