Joanie Stone spends her days paint­ing in her light-filled stu­dio in the coun­try, sur­round­ed by nature. She was born and raised in Vir­ginia, where she still lives today, with her hus­band and young daugh­ter. Oth­er books she has illus­trat­ed for Gold­en Books include Hanukkah: The Fes­ti­val of Lights, I’m Going to Kinder­garten!, and Let’s Go Trick-or-Treat­ing.