When Things Are Hard, Remember

Joanna Rowland grew up in Sacramento, California, where she still lives today with her husband and three children. She teaches kindergarten by day and writes picture books at night. In the summer, you'll find her by water or cozying up with a book. She is the author of The Memory Box: A Book about Grief; The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families; Stay Through the Storm; When Things Are Hard, Remember; and Big Bear Was Not the Same.

Marcela Calder¢n is a children's book illustrator who grew up in San Nicol s, Argentina, surrounded by streams, trees, nature, and pets that were her drawing inspirations. When Calder¢n is not drawing, she enjoys going out on her mountain bike through the fields nearby, where she feels free and happy.