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Stephanie Campisi is an Australian children's book author based in geologically rich eastern Tennessee, USA an area home to many rocks and boulders! She has always been fascinated by the world underfoot, and has fossicked for opals at Coober Pedy, polished limestone in the waters of Malta, and geodes in the creeks of TN. When not exploring the forests and rivers around her home, Stephanie spends her days writing books, with titles to date including LUIS AND TABITHA, VERY LULU, FIVE SISTERS, QUACKS LIKE A DUCK AND AXOLOTLS: DAY TO ZZZ and many more in the works!Stephanie holds an honors degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and loves any opportunity to explore how languages (and people) work. Jiarui Jiang is an illustrator and storyteller based in China. She graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with an Illustration MA. Before that, she had studied animation for four years. After becoming an illustrator, she brought her passion for storytelling and character design to the creation of children's books. Jiarui's works revolve around themes of nature, food, and more recently, beautiful insects. She loves to make stories based on the world as she saw it from her childhood perspective, also creating roles with a performance aspect. Recently she has been exploring the creation of books other than paper, such as A book with a cover made of clay.
Pebble is a heart-warming triumph for those small in stature but big in heart! –Brenna Jeanneret, Small but mighty Pebble learns that size really IS important but that you don’t have to be big to be a rock star in this delightful tale of discovering purpose in the most unlikely of places. - Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky, author of Just One Pebble, One Boy's Quest to End Hunger Pebble's story will help kids learn not to take themselves for granite, even if they're small. Indeed, Pebble's puny size ends up helping him make a big difference for his community. This book rocks! - Tracy C. Gold, author of Call Your Mother author of The Law of BirthdaysClever storytelling, laugh-out-loud imagery, and inspiring self-reflection. Campisi masterfully brings a big world to a rock solid stage, leading Pebble Without A Cause to be the new cornerstone of your nightly read-alouds. - Emily Matheis, author of Opal's Springtime Birdhouse Full of fun wordplay and gorgeous geology...this little pebble really rocks! - Erin Siska, Author-illustrator, teacher & mom
