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Lory Britain, Ph.D., has more than forty years of experience working with children, teachers, and families.Her background includes time in the classroom as a preschool teacher; helping found therapeutic child and family programs; teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in early childhood education; and presenting at state, national, and international conferences for professionals who work with young children. In addition to this work, Dr. Britain has written many children’s books that help kids stay safe and express their feelings and ideas.She also takes her therapy dog, Puppet, to visit children in hospitals and schools.Lory lives in Eugene, Oregon.Matthew Rivera earned his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Arizona.After many years of being an art director for corporations and toy makers, he now writes and draws pictures for a living. He lives in Portland, OR, where he loves listening to the rain tap on his rooftop, and is known to dance around in the occasional thunderstorm.