Award-winning author and illustrator Stephen Michael King has illustrated more than fifteen books for Scholastic. His first picture book, The Man Who Loved Boxes, skyrocketed to popularity, winning the Family Award for Children’s Books in 1996. It was also short-listed in the Crichton Award for Children’s Book Illustration and has been sold around the world. Stephen describes drawing as something that he simply can’t live without. He works mainly with watercolours and ink. He works fast so that his ideas stay fresh and his brush and line-work fluid. Stephen’s previous titles include Henry and Amy, Pocket Dogs (written by Margaret Wild), the CBCA Honour Book Mutt Dog and the CBCA-nominated Leaf.