A Big Cheese for the White House

　　Candace Fleming is the author of several popular picture books, including Gabriella's Song, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1997, and The Hatmaker's Sign, praised by The Horn Book as "a fine piece of historical fiction for younger readers." She lives in Mount Prospect, Illinois. S.D. Schindler has illustrated many popular picture books, including Candace Fleming's Madame Lagrande and Her So High, to the Sky, Uproarious Pompadour, which Booklist praised, saying, "Schindler's fanciful illustrations match the delightful silliness of the text." He lives in Philadelphia.