John Himmelman is the award-winning author and illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including "Chickens to the Rescue." He is also a "freelance" naturalist who leads trips and writes the occasional article for magazines. He lives in Killingworth, Connecticut, with his family.

Praise for the author/illustrator:"Himmelman's illustrations are such an artful eyeful-snappily colored and gloriously comic-that it is easy to overlook the pleasure of the simple text, a little motor that in many ways drives the whole production forward." --Kirkus Reviews