Let's Dig It! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
Lara Bergenis the author of more than one hundred children's books. She lives in New York City with her husband and two kids--Sydney and Parker.David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books includingDuck on a Bike, the Caldecott Honor BookNo David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate, andGood Boy Fergus. He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series.  David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles.Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama’sOf Thee I Sing; the newest version ofThe Little Engine that Could; Madonna’s second picture book,Mr. Peabody’s Apples;Nightsongby Ari Berk; andthe Barnstormers series. He also illustrated Frank McCourt’sAngela and the Baby Jesusand is part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series. Loren’s work has appeared inTime,Sports Illustrated,Forbes,The Wall Street Journal,andThe Atlantic. He lives with his wife and two sons in Westchester, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com.David Gordon is the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimedThe Ugly TrucklingandThe Three Little Riggs. His first book for Simon & Schuster was the adorableSmitten. He has done concept work for Pixar’sToy Story;Toy Story 2;A Bug’s Life;Monsters, Inc.; andCars; as well as Nickelodeon’sSpongeBob SquarePants. He also did character design work on Blue Sky’sRobots. He lives in New York City. Visit him at IllustratorRanch.com.