Johnette Downing is an award-winning singer and songwriter who performs original children's music inspired by her Louisiana heritage. Her accolades include eight Parents' Choice Awards, two Parent's Guide to Children's Media Awards, five National Parenting Publications awards, four iParenting Media Awards, a Family Choice award, and a Family Review Center Seal of Approval award. She is the author of numerous children's books, including Pelican's Down in Louisiana.
Author and illustrator Deborah Ousley Kadair received wide acclaim for her first book, There Was an Ol' Cajun, which was based on the classic nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly." Trained in the Montessori teaching method, Kadair also conducts storytelling and illustration workshops for children. She is the author of I Spy in the Texas Sky and the illustrator of several of Downing's books, including Down in Louisiana and Today Is Monday in Louisiana. She lives in Texas.