Pat McLaughlin lives in Lowell, Massachusetts where she has resided most of her life. She is also the author of Two Little Farmers in One Wooden Shoe, Lissi Anne and the Isle of the Gumdrop Trees, Fuzzy Learns a Lesson of Love and The Children of Vaaylor. While her books are fictitious in nature, they are all based on the antics of the children who surround her. As she goes through life, her stories will continue to come alive through her words and the illustrations as these children give her reasons to laugh and enjoy life every day.