*  Bruce Lansky is an American author and internationally known children’s poet, anthologist and is often called ‘the king giggles.’ He has a passion for getting children excited about reading and writing poetry. Lansky’s poetry books—including A Bad Case of the Giggles, Peter, Peter, Pizza-Eater, Mary Had a Little Jam, If Kids Ruled the School, and Rolling in the Aisles – are among America’s best-selling children’s poetry books. He is also the editor of the middle-grade fiction series Girls to the Rescue and Newfangled Fairy Tales. Lansky has performed in more than 300 schools from coast to coast and enjoys his quiet time at home in Maine.