Taylor, Tara

Mari McKee, co-writer, is an exceptional 9-year-old who excitedly seeks out ways to expand her knowledge of books, art, and music. She is currently working on her second book. ______________________________________ Sheree Alderman is a writer from southeastern North Carolina who originally came from the hills of Wild Wonderful West Virginia. She tributes her love of character expansion to having read the most books in the second grade, and being a librarian's assistant throughout junior and senior high school in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Now a grandmother of four, she encourages all children