Doctor Patrick Paul Mastroianni is a neurological surgeon who has had an enduring interest in children’s literature. At a very young age, he fell in love with Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses and pledged one day to write poetry for children himself. This book is the first realization of that pledge. He is semi-retired and lives with his wife, Linda Mastroianni, in Milford, Connecticut. He is an avid skier and hiker, and has an interest in particle physics as a hobby.