Maya Myers is an author, a freelance book editor, and a former elementary school teacher. Her debut picture book
Not Little, also illustrated by Hyewon Yum, was an ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, author/illustrator Matt Myers, and three daughters.
Hyewon Yum is the author and illustrator of several acclaimed books for children. Her titles include
This Is Our House, The Twins' Blanket, There Are No Scary Wolves, Last Night, winner of an Honorable Mention Bologna Ragazzi Award and an SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and
Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!, which received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. She is also the illustrator of Maya Myers’s
Not Little. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.
"Dot's path to finding confidence and appreciating what matters will likely strike a chord, uplift, and reassure."
—Booklist "An sweet narrative promoting resilience and embracing imperfection, this is an amiable addition to the shelves."
—School Library Journal "First-person narration effectively conveys a child’s insecurities, and it deftly explores the mutual admiration in young friendships to reinforce both stick-to-itiveness and embracing imperfections. Yum’s colored pencil linework, saturated waxy textures, and expressive rounded style on negative space all carry the same airy, playful energy as the book’s indomitable protagonist."
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books "This second book about Dot gives the realistic-seeming child plenty of support from nonjudgmental adults, providing time and space to solve her own problems—and without the pressure of perfection."
—The Horn Book "Kids struggling with perfectionism will learn a valuable lesson."—
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