Stephanie Calmenson
Stephanie Calmenson's children's books have been called "marvelous" (Publishers Weekly), "lyrical" (School Library Journal), "hilarious" (School Library Journal), "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist).
Her books include the ever popular Dinner at the Panda Palace, a PBS StoryTime Book; May I Pet Your Dog? (The How-to Guide for KIDS Meeting DOGS and DOGS Meeting KIDS), a Horn Book Fanfare selection; Our Principal is a Frog!, "Our Principal" series Book 1; No Honking Allowed!; and anthologies and chapter books written with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole.
A former early childhood teacher, children's book editor, and Editorial Director of the Parents Magazine Press Read-Aloud Book Club, Stephanie feels privileged to have found work that brings together her love of kids, words and laughter.
Works

Dinner at the Panda Palace
Join one hungry elephant, two carsick lions, three pigs running from a wolf, and dozens more high-spirited animals who swing, bound, and bounce into the Panda Palace. When a tiny mouse knocks at the door, will there be room for her? Find out in this PBS Storytime counting book and story of welcome and inclusion.
"Only after many rereadings will little ones get their fill." -- Publishers Weekly