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With the school career fair coming up young Wanda needs to decide what she wants to be, but as she considers the suggestions of her parents and teachers, she realizes that what she really wants is to invent better ways to do things.
About the author
Laura Pedersen is an author and playwright. A former
New York Times columnist, Laura has written over a dozen books for adults and children, including
Unplugged,
Ava's Adventure, and
Life in New York: How I Learned to Love Squeegee Men, Token Suckers, Trash Twisters, and Subway Sharks.
Unplugged won a Mom's Choice Gold Award, a Moonbeam Children's Book Bronze Award for best picture book, and a Skipping Stones Honor Award. Laura has appeared on
The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Primetime, and
The Late Show with David Letterman. Connect with her at www.LauraPedersenBooks.com.
Penny Weber lives in Holbrook on Long Island, New York. Since attending the School of Visual Arts 20 years ago, she has worked as a muralist, greeting card artist and most recently as an illustrator for the children's market. Penny's work can be found in many books for children as well as educational projects, including
Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back,
Chris P. Bacon: My Life So Far..., and
Ava's Adventure. Penny has a husband, three children, a very large cat, and she is heavily lobbying for a puppy. Connect with her at pennyweberart.com.
