Praise for "Three Bears in a Boat" * "The gorgeous, bright and detailed illustrations are a perfect fit for the text. A first purchase for all." - "School Library Journal", starred review * "Humorous and intelligent--and with watercolor seascapes so luminous that readers will want to jump in--this is a book to be treasured for years to come." - "Kirkus Reviews", starred review * "Soman manages to suggest the gentle colors and textures of old color lithography, giving the pages the feeling of a dog-eared vintage find." - "Publishers Weekly", starred review

David Soman illustrates the "Ladybug Girl "books, which he also writes with his wife. Mr. Soman comes from a family of artists. He is an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, as well as at The Mill Street Loft, a non-profit arts education center in the Hudson Valley. He lives with his wife and two kids in upstate New York. This is the first picture book he has written and illustrated himself.