About the Author

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Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is an author and illustrator who likes the outdoors and cheese sandwiches. He is NOT a grumpy old black bear, but he DOES like making books about one—starting with the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. He also wrote and illustrated Hotel Bruce, BE QUIET!, Bruce's Big Move, We Don't Eat Our Classmates, Santa Bruce, and 1 Grumpy Bruce. Ryan lives in Maine with his wife and kids . . . and too many pets.

Praise For…

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"The artwork, as in all the Mother Bruce books, is exquisite, in the same league as any of the great children's classics: rich in detail, deft, smooth, elegant, and expressive. Part Are You My Mother? part The Odd Couple, all delightful."—Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE

—Junior Library Guild Selection

PRAISE FOR WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

—Kids' Indie Next List, Top Ten

PRAISE FOR WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

—Instant New York Times best-seller

PRAISE FOR WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

* "[W]ill have readers in stitches!"—Kirkus Reviews, starred review