Hip, Hip . . . Beret! Touch-and-Feel Storybook

Before becoming a children's book writer, Melanie Ellsworth worked as an ESL teacher in Boston's Chinatown and later as a literacy specialist in Maine, having earned a Master's of Education in Language and Literacy in 2002 from Harvard University. She lives in Maine with her family. Twitter: @melanieells Instagram: @melaniebellsworthMorena Forza works as an illustrator specializing in the children’s market, with her work appearing in trade, picture books and educational books, magazines, greeting cards, and digital media. Morena started out as a pixel artist, so she learned to love the tiniest details in her drawings. She then pursued illustrating full time--she hasn’t stopped drawing since. She lives with her two cats and a hound in Milan, Italy but secretly dreams about moving to the countryside. morenaforza.com.

"Feel the fuzzy, red beret on the cover and two interior pages. This is the lyrical adventure of a little girl’s beret traveling from one animal or person to another until…much later, the girl finds it again! Hip, hip, beret! What a delight!"—Imagination Soup —