WERNER ZIMMERMANN is a bestselling children’s book illustrator whose works include A Porcupine in a Pine Tree and its sequels, At the Pond, Henny Penny and Pippin the Christmas Pig. He has been nominated three times for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration, and he and Jean Little won the Mr. Christie’s Award for Pippin the Christmas Pig. Werner lives in Guelph, Ontario. Visit www.wernerzimmermann.ca.