If a Horse Had Words - Album

Kelly Cooper grew up in Senlac, Saskatchewan (population 40), where her family raises cattle and bucking horses. She now lives on a dairy farm in New Brunswick and teaches kindergarten. Kelly lives with one husband, two daughters, a hundred cows, a messy dog and a six-toed cat. She has written for radio, and her poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction have been published in literary journals and anthologies.
Previous publications include Eyehill, a collection of linked short stories. This is her first book for children. Lucy Eldridge is a traditional artist who works primarily in watercolor and gouache to create beautiful, whimsical illustrations. She finds inspiration for her work from a variety of things, including pebbles found on the beach, biscuits, origami paper, dictionaries, maps, Chinese brush painting, clouds, trees, trinkets and cats.
Lucy illustrated the middle-grade novel Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird. This is her first picture book. She lives in Brighton, U.K.