Jackie and the Books She Loved - Hardcover

Ronni Diamondstein has spent her life surrounded by books and immersed in the world of children's literature. An avid reader since childhood, libraries, books, and writing have been her life's work. As a school library media specialist and teacher in the United States and abroad, Ronni has nurtured her students' creativity by sharing her love of reading with them. She has always been fascinated by Jackie Kennedy's love of books and her career as an editor and was inspired to tell her story. Ronni lives in Chappaqua, New York, with her toy poodle Maggie Mae.

Bats Langley is a painter, sculptor, writer, illustrator, toy designer, and creator of many things. Bats, a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) grad, frequently contributes illustrations for the covers and interiors of Scholastic, Spider, Ladybug, and Cricket magazines. His art has shown in galleries across the United States and the world. He illustrated Groggle's Monster Valentine and Groggle's Monster Halloween and was the author/illustrator of Alice's Adventures in #Wonderland. Bats created the cover art for Scary Stories to Tell on The Pod, a podcast hosted by SNL head writer Anna Drezen and TV writer Andrew Farmer. He lives with his husband, Nicholas, on the island of Manhattan. They both enjoy cooking, reading, and watching the owls, which live in a sanctuary on a neighbor's roof, swoop in their backyard.