About the Author

Jeanette Fazzari Jones grew up on the Jersey Shore, often making spaghetti and meatballs with her family. Today she’s an educator whose inability to sit still often finds her baking, gardening, or playing board games with her husband and kids. Meatballs for Grandpa is her debut picture book. She now lives in Kentucky with her family. Follow her on Twitter @TheFeltTipPen.

Jaclyn Sinquett grew up playing in her dad’s garden, feeding worms to box turtles, and tossing french fries to seagulls at the Jersey Shore. She is the illustrator of multiple picture books, including her recent titles Loud Mouse, written by Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel, and How to Get Your Octopus to School, written by Becky Scharnhorst. She lives in Brick, New Jersey. Learn more about her at www.jaclynsinquett.com, and follow her on Instagram @JSinquett.