Tiny boys and girls play under a mushroom--setting up a little town, imagining they are flowers, and pretending all sorts of things.

Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) was a playwright and a poet as well as an author for children. Her book A Hole Is to Dig was written collaboratively with nursery-school students and was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The many outstanding illustrators Krauss worked with in the course of her long career include Marc Simont, with whom she collaborated on The Backward Day, published by NYRB Kids, and her husband, Crockett Johnson, the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Margot Tomes (1917–1991) was an American artist and illustrator of children’s books. Two books she illustrated were cited by The New York Times as among the best children’s books of the year: Jack and the Wonder Beans in 1977 and If There Were Dreams to Sell in 1984. She is also known for illustrating books by Judith St. George and Aileen Fisher, and by the Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz.