Martha Seif Simpson has written a variety of professional books for public librarians and media specialists, including Bringing Children into the Public Library. She is Head of Children's Services at the Stratford Library Association in Connecticut and lives in nearby Hamden.

Martha and her husband have four grown children and she fondly remembers all those Mother's Day breakfasts. WHAT NOT TO GIVE YOUR MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY is her first picture book.

Books by Martha Seif Simpson

The Dreidel That Wouldn't Spin

written by Martha Seif Simpson, illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard - Holiday, Picture