Candace is the versatile and acclaimed author of more than twenty books for children, including the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha!  Muncha! Muncha!; and the beloved Boxes for Katje. Her scrapbook biographies offer many types of readers an way into nonfiction. The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School has proven a popular read-aloud upon which curriculum-based activities are launched. She is a popular speaker at conferences, schools, and writer’s workshops, often speaking in tandem with Eric Rohmann. Candace lives in, and travels from, Chicago, Illinois.