
Karen Katz has written and illustrated more than fifty picture books and novelty books including the bestselling Where Is Baby’s Belly Button?
After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, she
attended the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture where she
became interested in folk art, Indian miniatures, Shaker art, and
Mexican art. Her book, Counting Kisses, was named one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastic Parent & Child
and was a Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Karen, her
husband Gary Richards, and their daughter Lena divide their time between
New York City and Saugerties, New York. Learn more about Karen Katz at
KarenKatz.com.