Butternut

Jill Dana is an author, illustrator, award-winning filmmaker, and certified elementary educator. She has Master’s degrees in Television and Film Production and Elementary Education plus TESOL. She is the author of the Butternut series, about a little butternut squash and his supermarket world, with themes of identity, friendship, #WhereFoodComesFrom and more. Jill is active in the children’s literature community. Visit Jill on social media @JillDanaBooks to learn about foods on #FunFoodFactsFriday and visit her website www.JillDanaBooks.com.

Rachel Tan-Hwee (@rattanhwee) loves telling stories with her art and has been in love with drawing and painting since she was little. Rachel lives in bright and sunny Singapore where tall buildings grow. Her love for plants and animals inspires her to create pictures so everyone can see the world through her eyes.