Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Maryann Cocca-Leffler is the award-winning author and illustrator of more than 60 children’s books, including What I Love About Christmas (Sterling); Let It Snow, Let It Fall, Let It Rain, and Let It Shine (Scholastic), a series with combined sales of more than two million copies; and A Vacation for Pooch, which was a Best Children’s Books selection from Bank Street College of Education in 2014. Maryann’s book Janine was inspired by her daughter, and together they developed a corresponding website, janinesparty.com, with a mission to help change public perception of children with disabilities. She lives in Amherst, NH.