Steven Kellogg is a beloved author and illustrator who has published more than 100 picture books, including the classics The Mysterious Tadpole, Can I Keep Him? , The Island of the Skog, and Is Your Mama a Llama? , and Pinkerton, Behave! , which was on Horn Book's and Booklist’ s Best of the Year lists and led to four sequels. Kellogg is a winner of the Regina Medal for his lifetime contribution to children’ s literature. His books have received numerous accolades, such as being named Reading Rainbow featured selections and winning the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the IRA-CBC Children’ s Choice Award, and the Parents’ Choice Award.