Antoinette Portis is the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Not a Box (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book), Not a Stick, A Penguin Story (also chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and many more books for children. She attended the UCLA School of Fine Arts and is a former creative director at Disney. Antoinette lives in Southern California.Antoinette Portis is the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Not a Box (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book), Not a Stick, A Penguin Story (also chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and many more books for children. She attended the UCLA School of Fine Arts and is a former creative director at Disney. Antoinette lives in Southern California.

"Written with simplicity and clarity, the childlike narrative is accessible to the very young, while adult readers will feel the parents’ relief at the story’s end, when they deliver the last words in a whisper, 'Baby’s sleeping.'" — Booklist"A masterclass on how to create the ideal board book. It really is." — Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (SLJ blog)