Ann Purmell loves to write about children and family businesses
because as a child she enjoyed working in her parents'' store in
Ann Arbor, Michigan. She lives in Michigan.
Jill Weber did her research for this book at a Christmas tree
farm near her own farm in New Hampshire. Her high-spirited
illustrations for children''s books have been called "ebullient and
colorful" and "full of child appeal" by "School Library
Journal."