MIKE CICCOTELLO is the author-illustrator of the picture books TWINS, BEACH TOYS VS. SCHOOL SUPPLIES, LEONARD BUILDS A HAUNTED HOUSE,  LEONARD GROWS A HAUNTED GARDEN, forthcoming CLIP & LULU (FSG/Macmillan), as well as the upcoming LION LOOKS (Holiday House). He is also the illustrator of Bridget Heos’s TREEMENDOUS and her SCIENCE BUDDIES series (Crown/Penguin Random House), as well as CROC & GATOR, a chapter-book written by Lisa Katzenberger (Pixel+Ink). Mike is the host of DRAW WITH MR. MIKE™, a drawing show for children, and he is also a member of SCBWI and the Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature (RUCCL). He lives with his wife and twin boys in New Jersey. You can find him online at drawwithmrmike.com.