Melodie TegayBorn in New York City; Melodie Tegay is a mother of two adult children and a grandmother of 6. She is a retired primary school teacher with all thirty-three years in public education. Not finding any picture books or easy readers that reflected the oten dissolved, informal, reconfigured, diverse, intercultural and interfaith families from which a majority of her students came; she decided to write a book which addressed their reality. She currently lives with her husband on Long Island, New York. Read More Read Less