ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and ultimate Frisbee player. She is the author of I Want to Be a Ballerina. Anna lives in New York City.TIM BUDGEN was born in Surrey, England, and is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas, and he can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! This is his first book for Random House. He lives on an island off the coast of England, and surely there are sharks in the waters there!

“The Step into Reading books are colorful and bright, with humorous illustrations that hold the interest of even our most primary students.” —Susan Banning, Assistant Principal

ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and ultimate Frisbee player. She is the author of I Want to Be a Ballerina. Anna lives in New York City.TIM BUDGEN was born in Surrey, England, and is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas, and he can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! This is his first book for Random House. He lives on an island off the coast of England, and surely there are sharks in the waters there!

“The Step into Reading books are colorful and bright, with humorous illustrations that hold the interest of even our most primary students.” —Susan Banning, Assistant Principal

ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and ultimate Frisbee player. She is the author of I Want to Be a Ballerina. Anna lives in New York City.TIM BUDGEN was born in Surrey, England, and is a freelance illustrator and art teacher. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas, and he can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other! This is his first book for Random House. He lives on an island off the coast of England, and surely there are sharks in the waters there!

“The Step into Reading books are colorful and bright, with humorous illustrations that hold the interest of even our most primary students.” —Susan Banning, Assistant Principal