Josh Funk grew up in New England and studied Computer Science in
school. Today, he still lives in New England and when not writing
Java code or Python scripts, he drinks Java coffee and writes
picture books like Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast. Pirasaurs! is
his first book with Scholastic. Josh lives with his wife, children,
and assorted pets and monsters in Massachusetts.
Michael Slack is an artist, illustrator, and character designer.
His humorous, character-driven art can be found in books,
magazines, and on television. He has written and illustrated many
books for children, including Monkey Truck and Elecopter as well as
Nugget and Fang: Friends Forever--or Snack Time? written by Tammi
Sauer and Pass It On written by Marilyn Sadler. He lives in
Northern California with his wife, daughter, and a dog named Iggy
Pup.
"Prehistoric pirates are always worth a play, as is the peaceable
theme..." - Kirkus
"Funk (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast) handles this mashup with
just the right combination of swagger and heart; his succinct,
bouncy text should inspire rollicking read-alouds. Slack's (Race
Car Count) richly textured digital artwork may, in this context,
bring to mind images painted on a ship's deck. -- Publishers
Weekly
Praise for Josh Funk
"When I was a kid my best friend was Josh Funk. I think he's about
to become a friend to a whole new generation of kids." - B.J.
Novak, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller The Book with No
Pictures
Praise for Michael Slack's Elecopter
"The author of Monkey Truck (Holt, 2011) takes his characters to
the skies with the highly versatile and helpful Elecopter, an
elephant blessed with the main rotor, tail rotor, and landing skids
of a helicopter." -- School Library Journal
"Ahh! The cuteness! It blinds! Well, that's what you get when you
take a rotund, big-eyed baby elephant, give her landing gear and
helicopter blades, and send her into the savanna to save animals.
Kids will instinctively get it and probably love it." --
Booklist
"Giggle-inducing humor and nail-biting action..." -- Publishers
Weekly
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