The Soda Bottle School: A True Story of Recycling, Teamwork, and One Crazy Idea

About Laura KutnerSuzanne Slade

Laura Kutner is the real-life Seno Laura in The Soda Bottle School. Suzanne Slade is the author of 100 books for children including many titles on science topics. Suzanne holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and has worked on Delta IV rockets and car braking systems before beginning her writing career. She lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and two children. Aileen Darragh is a graphic artist and illustrator. She lives in Sanford Maine with her husband her three girls and their golden retriever Shadow. Her previous work includes To Touch a Cloud by Scott Arnold. Aileen provides volunteer graphic design services for her local library reading programs and for local school teachers. (Aileen is also a working mom as assistant to the CEO of Dole & Bailey Inc.) She and her kids love art projects of every kind: needlepoint needlepunch embroidery sewing beading building doll houses painting drawing and dyeing fabric. They have a chest of old clothes and love to dress up and put on impromptu plays (with the dog playing the prince when necessary). Black Beauty the model for Give A Goat is owned by a friend of the family.