Lemonade in Winter

EMILY JENKINS is the author of the popular Toys trilogy: Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party, and Toys Come Home, which Booklist, in a starred review, called “a timeless story of adventure and friendship to treasure aloud or independently.” She has written numerous other books for children, including the picture book Sugar Would Not Eat It and two Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Books: Five Creatures and That New Animal. Learn more and find resources for teachers at emilyjenkins.com.

G. BRIAN KARAS is the prolific and award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including Neville by Norton Juster and Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming. His other books include How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara and Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. He is also the author and illustrator of Home on the Bayou, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner. Mr. Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York. You can visit him at gbriankaras.com.