The author, Marilyn R. Davis, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Science, is a former public school teacher. While attending grad school she ran an in-school suspension program at a middle school in Florida. The attendees had a strict schedule of work done in silence. Ms. Davis found herself cutting and ripping bits of paper and forming illustrations during the day. At the end of a year she had written and illustrated three children's books in the Priscilla Penguin series. The first book released is Percival: Priscilla's Baby Brother.