I'm Like You, You're Like Me

<p>Cindy Gainer has a B.F.A. with early childhood and art education certification from Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and is a certified Gestalt therapist.</p><p>She is the coauthor and illustrator of the award-winning books Good Earth Art: Environmental Art for Kids (Bright Ring Publishing) and MathArts: Exploring Math through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds (Gryphon House).</p><p>She has taught art to children from grades kindergarten through 12 in Pennsylvania schools, appeared on television, and given numerous workshops to teachers and students as an author/illustrator. Cindy was proprietor of Little Red Schoolhouse, a preschool for four- and five-year-olds, where she was actively involved in teaching young learners and fostering positive child development.</p><br><p>Miki Sakamoto has been drawing for as long as she can remember.</p><p>Most of her childhood was spent in her room sketching, coloring, and painting to entertain herself. Miki studied fine arts and illustration at California State University, Long Beach.</p><p>She has illustrated several early childhood books and resides in South Orange County California with her husband Kevin, her cat Jake, and her mouse Millie.</p>