This is a rhyming picture-book celebration of the ordinary people— grownups and kids—who hold our world together with their daily lives and work. We celebrate cops, firefighters, and soldiers, and rightly so. But let’s also celebrate teachers, bus drivers, grocery clerks, mail carriers, and the other folks who give a community its core identity. And let’s give a nod to kids, too—kids who are kind and brave and help each other. They’re heroes too.

In structure, flow, and pitch, They’re Heroes Too is very much like Pat Brisson’s Before We Eat (page 80), one of our bestselling picture books. Brisson excels in creating captivating poems of thanks for young kids

Pat Brisson has written 20 books for young readers, including The Summer My Father Was Ten; Sometimes We Were Brave; Before We Eat; Common Critters; and Tummy Time Friends. She is a former schoolteacher, school librarian, and public librarian.

Anait Semirdzhyan moved to the US from sunny Armenia in late 2012. Since then, she has been dedicating herself to art, focusing on children’s book illustrations. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband, twin daughters, and a grumpy dog. Anait is the illustrator of the award-winning The Arabic Quilt and other picture books that can be seen at www.anaitsart.com.