The Good for Nothing Tree

About Amy-Jill LevineSandy Eisenberg Sasso

Amy-Jill Levine the author of numerous acclaimed books is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita as well as Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt. She has cowritten many children's books with Sandy Eisenberg Sasso including A Very Big Problem Who Is My Neighbor? The Marvelous Mustard Seed and Who Counts? Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is the author of many popular books for children and adults the Director of Religion Spirituality and the Arts Initiative at Indiana UniversityPurdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) Arts and Humanities Institute and Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. Her children's books include The Story of AND When God Gave Us Words and co-written with Amy-Jill Levine A Very Big Problem Who Is My Neighbor? The Marvelous Mustard Seed and Who Counts? For more information visit www.allaboutand.com. Annie Bowler is the illustrator of Walking toward Peace by Kathleen Krull and A Very Big Problem by Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Both picture books were named Junior Library Guild Selections. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 3x3 Illustration and the Society of Illustrators. For more information visit www.anniebowler.com.