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by Tammi Sauer (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
Mary had a little jam
while sitting on her stoop.
She felt the music fill her bones.
"I think I need a group."
Author Biography
Tammi Sauer is the author of more than 30 picture books, including Mary Had a Little Glam, Your Alien, and Lovebird Lou. She is a former teacher and library media specialist who now celebrates reading and writing with thousands of kids each year through her author visits. Sauer and her family live in Edmond, Oklahoma. To learn more about Sauer, visit tammisauer.com and follow her on X at @SauerTammi.
Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter who studied fashion illustration at FIT and children's book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is the author and illustrator of Grandma's Purse, Just Like Me, and Becoming Vanessa, and she has illustrated numerous children's books. Brantley-Newton lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and a very rambunctious cat named Stripes. Learn more about Brantley-Newton at VanessaBrantleyNewton.com and on Facebook and Instagram.
