M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet (Discover America State by State)
William Anderson is delighted to write about South Dakota, where his ancestors pioneered in the 1880s. A century later, he helped restore Laura Ingalls Wilder's South Dakota homes, and received the state's Robinson Award for historical writing. His books include:Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography; River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain; andThe World of the Trapp Family. In 2002 he was invited to Laura Bush's White House conference on the frontier.M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabetis his first book with Sleeping Bear Press. As a speaker, William Anderson has traveled across America. But he says his favourite summers were spent in South Dakota. His home is in Michigan, where he teaches and writes.Since her childhood in California, Cheryl's life has been influenced by books about Laura and Mary Ingalls and Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. She received her art-education degree from Central Missouri State University and her first job was as a theme park portrait artist. She has also designed paper goods for Hallmark and Current, and has created needlework kits and music boxes. She's sculpted, sewn (and worn) period costumes and written and/or illustrated more than 30 picture books. Cheryl lives outside the Queen City of the Trails: Independence, Missouri, with her Scottie, Maude, and two cats: Elizabeth and Merrie Emma.