Recent books: Parrotfish Has a Superpower & Stinkbird Has a Superpower (Putnam); Be Bold! series – Sea Turtle Swims! and Kangaroo Hops!; Bird Girl – How Gene Stratton-Porter Shared Her Love of Nature With the World (Calkins Creek); Thunder & Cluck series (S&S); Jack Knight's Brave Flight (CC); We Love Babies! (NGK), How to Grow a Dinosaur (Dial), and many more. Jill is creator and administrator of the Picture Book Builders blog. She co-hosts a private picture book writing workshop/retreat each summer. She enjoys speaking and leading workshops at conferences around the county and especially loves school visits, where she has the opportunity to spend time and share ideas with her favorite people, KIDS. Jill and her husband farm in eastern Iowa.