About the Author:
Kalli Dakos has been delighting readers with poetry since the release of her best-selling book, If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand. She has six IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Selections, such as Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig and A Funeral in the Bathroom. A former reading specialist and frequent visitor to schools, Kalli has celebrated a love of reading and writing in schools all over Canada and the U.S. and as far away as Hong Kong. She presently resides in Ottawa, Ontario with her family and has an office in Ogdensburg, New York.