Tadeo's dream-like journey around the world in search of the "perfect circle" takes him from his home in South America to the Turkish bazaar in Istanbul, the African savannah, the bright lights of London, and the snowy Arctic. Richly textured illustrations combined with imaginative, poetic text create a gentle bedtime story about the wide world around us and the comforting familiarity of home.

Marion Brooker has written for youth for many years through Educational Radio. She has spent many years writing dramas, historical, and human interest stories for educational radio for Grades 1-12. She is the author of Thin Ice and Noreen and the Amazing No-Good Horse. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with her husband, happily surrounded by family, grandchildren, and their pets.

Kyrsten Brooker has illustrated numerous award-winning and well-reviewed children's titles, including Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street (1999), They Saw The Future (1999), Runaway Dreidel (2002), Precious and the Boo-Hag (2005), City Angel (2004), and The Prince Won't Go To Bed (2007). They Saw The Future (1999) was listed on three of the NY Public Library's book lists, Precious and the Boo-Hag was named an Irma S. Black Award Honor Book and won the Parents' Choice Silver Medal, and City Angel was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Illustration (Canada). In March 2011 Random House is expected to release another of Kyrsten's titles, The Honeybee Man.