John Schindel

John Schindel is the author of the 14-book BUSY series, featuring domestic animal and wildlife photographs. The series debuted 22 years ago with BUSY PENGUINS, an immediate hit with kids, parents, and booksellers, who adored the rhyme "penguin pooping, penguins drooping." Cumulative sales of the books is now over half a million copies.

THE BABIES AND DOGGIES BOOK, THE BABIES AND KITTIES BOOK, and THE BABIES AND BUNNIES BOOK coauthored with Molly Woodward, bring together excellent collections of photographs of children from around the world and some of their favorite animals. These colorful board books explore similar actions and behaviors shared by baby and baby's best friends. More at johnandmollybooks.com.

John is also the author of seven picture books for children 4 - 8 years old. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.