If I Discover a New Path

Wai Mei Wong is a Canadian children’s book author and former early-childhood educator. Her first book-Hello, Dark-was a finalist for the 2022 IODE Jean Throop Book Award and chosen as a 2022 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Book for Kids & Teens, while her 2024 release, I Love Myself, was given a feature TV segment during a 2024 episode of CBC’s Kids Book Club. She lives in Toronto. Kornelija Žalpyte is a Lithuanian illustrator, graphic artist, and designer. A graduate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, she is best known for her picture books and being illustrator of the Lithuanian literary children's magazine Laimiukas. Žalpyte was recently featured in the Illustrators Exhibition at the 2024 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, and her 2024 release Mano draugas Hipokampas Unikornas (My friend, the unicorn seahorse) was featured among the Amazing Bookshelf titles at the BolognaRagazzi Awards. She lives in Vilnius.