Sharuko el arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello = Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello

Monica Brown is the award-winning author of over thirty books for children, including Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina , Sharuko , Maya's Blanket/la manta de Maya , Waiting for the Biblioburro , Frida and Her Animalitos , and El Cuarto Turquesa/The Turquoise Room , as well as the Lola Levine chapter book series, among many others. She is the recipient of the Christopher Award, two Américas Awards, and multiple starred reviews. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages, and has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR's All Things Considered. When not writing for children, Brown serves as a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches about US Latino and multicultural literature. Brown lives with her family in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her website is monicabrown.net.

Elisa Chavarri is an award-winning and New York Times -bestselling illustrator originally from Lima, Peru. She did much of her growing up in Northern Michigan, where her family kept their Peruvian culture and Latin roots alive. After studying Classical Animation and Comics at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Elisa made her way back to Alpena, Michigan, where she now resides with her husband and two kids. With her work she hopes to inspire a sense of magic, happiness, & wonder in children, while helping more kids feel represented as the protagonists of these stories. She is the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Taylor Swift (A Little Golden Book Biography), and the Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book, Sharuko.