Kay Winters is the author of 13 picture books and chapter books. She writes fantasy: The Teeny Tiny Ghost, humor: My Teacher for President, Did You See What I Saw? Poems about School, biography: Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books, and creative non-fiction: Voices of Ancient Egypt. Her newest book is Colonial Voices: Hear them Speak (May 2008). Her books have been included in the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club, Junior Library Guild, and Scholastic Book Clubs and Fairs. They have been selected on the Bank Street College and the Chicago Public Library Best Books Lists. Her work has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and Korean, included in textbooks, and made into Big Books.  Kay is a frequent speaker at elementary schools, regional and national conferences.