Cynthia Rylant is the author of over a hundred books for children. She won the Newbery Medal for MISSING MAY and the Newbery Honor for A FINE WHITE DUST. Nikki McClure is a self-taught artist who has been making paper-cuts since 1996. She is the author of Abrams' COLLECT RAINDROPS, MAMA, IS IT SUMMER YET? and TO MARKET, TO MARKET. Illustrator Nikki McClure is a self-taught artist who has been making paper-cuts since 1996. She is the author and illustrator of Abrams’ Collect Raindrops and the illustrator of All In a Day, by Cynthia Rylant. Kirkus said her “illustrations make such nebulous concepts as hope and renewal accessible to young readers,” and Publishers Weekly said children will enjoy “the tenderness of McClure’s images.” She lives in Olympia, Washington