Thank You, Trees!

Marilyn E. Gootman, has been the "pied piper" of young Jewish families in Athens, Georgia since 2007, when she founded The PJ Library program for the congregation Children of Israel. Over her 35-year education career, Dr. Gootman has taught children, university students, educators, camp counselors, and parents.

Gail Langer Karwoski, a former public school teacher, is the author of many award-winning books for young readers. Her historical novels include Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906, and Seaman, the Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark. Gail lives in Watkinsville, Georgia.

Kristen Balouch studied art at the Pratt Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, son and daughter.