NOODLE'S & ALBIE'S MERMAID PAR

Growing up in Queens, New York, Eric Bennett's passion for penguins began
as a kid. Shortly after graduating Queens College he opened the world's first all-penguin shop, and eventually his penguins found a home at his online igloo at penguingiftshop.com. Eric presently lives in Northampton, Mass, with his daughters and a few hundred penguins.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR (For Noodles & Albie)
Liz Bannish was raised in land-locked West Springfield, Massachusetts. She received her BFA from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and currently lives in Northampton. Bannish spends her time making art, exploring strange new worlds, and thinking about her favorite sea creatures. See more of her work at lizbannish.com.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR (For Noodles' And Albie's Birthday Surprise)
Milanka Reardon’s art career began at the age of 6, when she immigrated to the United
States from the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Since no one in her school spoke her language, her teachers sketched images of the English words they were using to communicate with her. To their dismay, Milanka spent most of her time trying to draw has most recently culminated in drawing penguins and fish. Along the way, she earned a children’s book illustration certificate from the Rhode Island School of Design and was awarded the 2016 R. Michelson Galleries Emerging Artist Award.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR ( Noodles' & Albie's Mermaid Parade)
Paige Monte grew up near the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She obtained her BFA in Animation from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Paige loves making art and telling stories about mermaids and sea life. She is very excited to have worked on this wonderful story for her first You can see more of Paige's work at paigemonteart.com