David Davis is the author of almost a dozen books with Pelican, including Jazz Cats, a 2002 Children's Book Choice selection; Librarian's Night Before Christmas; Nurse's Night Before Christmas; Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book; Texas Aesop's Fables; Texas Mother Goose; and Texas Zeke and the Longhorn. Four of his books have earned spots on the Accelerated Reader list. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas. Illustrator Candace Camling teaches children's classes at Des Moines Art Center. After graduating as valedictorian from Kendall College of Art and Design, she went on to conceptualize plush toy designs and logos for Manley Toy Network. Camling is the illustrator of The Hiding Game, The Southern Twelve Days of Christmas, and The Twelve Days of Christmas-in Texas, That Is, all published by Pelican. When she's not illustrating, she enjoys cooking and sewing.