Carmen Oliver is the author of picture books A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal, a Junior Library Guild spring 2019 pick, Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies and Bears Make the Best Math Buddies (July, 2019). She’s also the author of the forthcoming picture books Bears Make the Best Writing Buddies (Spring 2020), Bears Make the Best Science Buddies (Fall 2020), The Twilight Library (NorthSouth Books, 2022) and The Favio Chavez Story (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers). She also teaches writing at the Writing Barn and The Highlights Foundation and loves speaking at schools, conferences and festivals. To connect or learn more about Carmen and her books, visit www.carmenoliver.com