Sandra ApplebySandra Appleby creates works of fiction and non-fiction to delight, educate and connect readers of all ages to themselves, others and the environment. This text was inspired by the magic of summers spent as a child and with children in Ontario cottag country. She officially lives in Toronto, Ontario but is more often to be found on the trails and waterways of the Canadian Shield and beyond.

Madison Appleby is a landscape architect, artist, and lover of nature. Outside her professional work of exploring storytelling through design, she has found opportunities to travel to many corners of the world. Over the years living and working overseas, her sense of home has taken on new meanings. In her illustrations she expresses the nostalgia and magic of her childhood cottage in Northern Ontario. A place that will always feel like "home". Read More Read Less