Brian Ashley is an elementary school library media specialist for the Atlanta Public Schools System. He is a graduate of Morris Brown College and Clark-Atlanta University where he received his Masters Degree in Library Science. He enjoys reading, writing, and storytelling.About the Illustrator Norman Whaley working artist and educator that hails from Columbia, SC. Always creative, Whaley showed promise as an artist at an early age. A decision on becoming an artist was made while he attended A.C. Flora High Schools thriving art program. He is also a graduate of Newberry College where he studied under Bruce Neil- Smith. Through the influences of his deep south roots, family, and the infusion of many contemporary cultures have evolve Norman Whaley into the artist he is today. Mr. Norman Whaley is currently an art teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools District.