Tim Barmettler, author, and Bill Hoover, illustrator, grew up in the same neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. They met on their first day of kindergarten and have been friends ever since. Bill and Tim grew up fishing, playing soccer and basketball together. They shared dreams of being rock stars, professional soccer players, and world travelers. Bill would swing by Tim's house every morning so they could walk to school together. They dreamed of adventures and traveling the world. Neither one of them could have imagined that one day they would write a book about such travels. In high school, they