John Schindel is the author of the 14-book BUSY series, featuring domestic animal and wildlife photographs from some of the world's best photographers. The series debuted with BUSY PENGUINS (2000), an immediate hit with kids, parents, and booksellers, who adored the rhyme "penguin pooping, penguins drooping." Attractively designed new editions of PENGUINS and 5 other BUSY books, BUNNIES, CHICKENS, DOGGIES, KITTIES, and PANDAS are being reissued January - April 2015.The newest of John's board books for babies and toddlers, THE BABIES AND DOGGIES BOOK (March 2015), coauthored with Molly Woodward, brings together an excellent collection of photographs of children from around the world and ... you guessed it … dogs! Lots of things babies do, doggies do too! This board book explores all of the similar actions shared by baby and baby's best friend.John is also the author of seven picture books for children 4 - 8 years old, now out of print. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and by day works in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.