This book was published by Farrar Straus Giroux .

PATRICE BARTON found her artisitic talents at the young age of three, when she was foun creating a mural on the dining room wall with a pastry brush and a can of Crisco! Her passion for art grew and she earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas, where she now lives with her husband and son. Clients Patrice has worked with include QED, Scholastic Book Club and National Geographic. Glenda Millard is an award-winning Australian author. She wrote A Small Free Kiss in the Dark after seeing n article about people who survive on what other people waste.