To the future, Ben Franklin!

A. G. Ford is a New York Times bestselling illustrator who has worked on many popular children's books. He is best known for his work on the Magic Tree House series, including the title Late Lunch with Llamas. His illustrations focus on bringing history and adventure to life for young readers.

Mary Pope Osborne was born into adventure. Her dad was in the army, so every year or two her family would move to a different state, or even a different country! By the time she was fifteen, Mary had lived in thirteen different houses and gone to eight different schools! Writing children's books was a perfect career for Mary because she could still travel all over the world — but be back home in time for dinner. She has written almost a hundred books, including biographies, mysteries, picture...