About the author
Annamarie E. (Padilla) Baca, a Latina author from Albuquerque, New Mexico, conspired with her grandmother and illustrator, Rita Crespin, to write a book. Together, they created the captivating world of Don Pino and his friends, who live in the bosque along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Annamarie is neither a writer by education nor trade but rather by wistful willingness.