Q. Amanda and I have a secret handshake. Did you have a secret something when you were a kid?
A. My neighbor Tina and I had a secret club. It was the Cool Cats Club. We were the only members—it was that secret. We had special cat rings (her mom was a jeweler and got them for us) and a special cat dance we practiced in my backyard.
Q. My favorite vegetable is cucumber. What’s yours?
A. Carrots.
Q. My favorite cupcake is vanilla with chocolate frosting. What’s your favorite?
A. Carrot cake with buttercream frosting.
CHRISTINE PAKKALA is the author of Last-But-Not-Least Lola Going Green, Last-But-Not-Least Lola and the Wild Chicken, and Jasmine and Maddie. Born and raised in Idaho, Christine moved to Iowa to study writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has taught seventh- and ninth-grade English and now teaches creative writing to adults and children. She lives in Westport, Connecticut, with her husband, son, and daughter, and two golden retrievers. christinepakkala.com
PAUL HOPPE is an illustrator, designer, and author whose work has been published by the New York Times and the New Yorker. His books include Peanut by Ayun Halliday and his own Hat and The Woods. In the summers, he teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Born in Poland and raised in Germany, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. paulhoppe.com
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