Sandy Lanton, a former teacher, earned a BS in Psychology and an MS in Early Childhood Education from Queens College. She is the author of picture books: Lots of Latkes, A Hanukkah Story and the Sydney Taylor Award Winning Daddy’s Chair which deals with a young boy's reaction to his father's death. Still a Family, a young child’s story about divorce, will be published in the spring of 2006. Her chapter book, The Happy Hackers, is part of a reading program used in many schools. Her work has also appeared in magazines such as Appleseeeds, Hopscotch, and Junior Scholastic as well as several anthologies. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Long Island Children's Writers and Illustrators. When she isn’t writing or visiting schools, Ms. Lanton likes tennis, crocheting and reading, reading, reading.