Janet Nolan is the award-winning author of many picture books, including GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN, BATS BENEATH THE BRIDGE, an Illinois Reads Selection for 2025, and Honorable Mention award winner from the Society of Midland Authors, GET READY FOR SCHOOL, PB&J HOORAY!, and SEVEN AND A HALF TONS OF STEEL: A POST - 9/11 STORY OF HOPE AND TRANSFORMATION, which was a Junior Library Guild Selection and was on numerous state award lists, including the ILA Teacher’s Choice Reading List.