Author of Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest, Here Is the African Savanna, Here Is the Southwestern Desert and Here Is the Coral Reef.

Madeleine Dunphy is an educational consultant who has spent her time researching and teaching children about endangered environments.  Madeleine has written several books for children, including all of the books
in the Here Is the … series. She has studied and visited many of the world’s ecosystems, and was inspired to write these books by our world’s great diversity of life. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Chris,
and their daughter, Gwendolyn. For more information about Madeleine
and her books, visit her website at www.mdunphy.com.

Michael Rothman, illustrator of Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest.

Michael Rothman is a noted natural science illustrator whose work has appeared in the science section of the New York Times, among other publications. He has illustrated many children's books including, Inside the Amazing Amazon by Don Lessem, Jaguar in the Rain Forest by Joanne
Ryder, and The Mystery of Mars by Sally Ride & Tam O'Shaughnessy. 
         
Michael has participated in numerous research expeditions to Brazil and French Guiana with scientists from the New York Botanical Garden. He
lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with his wife, Dorothy, and their daughter, Nyanza. For more information visit www.michaelrothman.com.

Tom Leonard, illustrator of Here Is the African Savanna and
Here Is the Coral Reef.

Tom Leonard’s beautiful paintings have graced the pages of many
children’s books including One Small Place by the Sea and One Small
Place in a Tree by Barbara Brenner. His stunning artwork has been
praised by Booklist as having “great visual flair,” and School Library
Journal wrote that his colors “delight the eye.” He lives in Philadelphia
with his wife, Rose, and teaches at the University of the Arts. For more information visit www.tomleonard.com.

Anne Coe, illustrator of Here Is the Southwestern Desert.

Anne Coe lives in the Sonoran Desert, where she need only look
out her window to see scenes like those portrayed in Here Is the
Southwestern Desert. Anne’s work is part of the permanent collection
of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and has been
exhibited in shows throughout the United States and Latin America. 
She teaches painting and drawing at Central Arizona College. For
more information visit www.annecoe.com.

Alan James Robinson, illustrator of Here Is the Arctic Winter.

Alan James Robinson started the Cheloniidae Letterpress in
Easthampton, Massachusetts, with the aim of preserving the fine
art of bookmaking. A fine artist specializing in wildlife imagery,
Alan’s work appears in many rare and fine print collections around
the world. For more information visit www.wildlifegraphics.com.
Wayne McLoughlin, illustrator of Here Is the Wetland.

Since childhood, Wayne McLoughlin has had a love of the outdoors
that has informed both his professional works and leisure-time activities. 
Wayne has illustrated a wide variety of children’s fiction and nonfiction
and has been a contributing editor to Field and Stream magazine. He
and his wife, Jackie, live in New Hampshire. For more information on
Wayne and his books visit www.blueloonfinearts.com.