Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning storyteller who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books, including "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate; How to Heal a Broken Wing; April and Esme, Tooth Fairies; The Underhills: A Tooth Fairy Story; Max; Maxine; Ellie's Dragon; and Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail. Bob Graham lives in Australia.

"After a long, cold winter, doors finally open, and children spill out like candies from a box. Amanda is the last one out of the apartment building, with a carton of chalk in her hands. On every inch of the pavement outside, the children draw pictures of flowers and trees, mushrooms and snails, and a few very unexpected things. It's a concrete garden. Their creativity, unfettered in the open air, brings something beautiful, something hopeful, to the residents there, and to many more across the globe"--