You know what? - Hardcover

“I was on an airplane going to meet my newborn grandson when I heard the child in front of me say to his parents, “You know what?”. My fingers immediately started typing and the book became a bedtime conversation between Oliver and his mom. As many children do, Oliver tries to delay the final night-night with the repeated question. I want little ones to feel the joy of a shared reading and older children to imagine what Oliver might say on that final open-ended spread.”

Carol Gordon Ekster was a passionate elementary school teacher for 35 years before she became an author. Her other books are Where Am I Sleeping Tonight? (A Story of Divorce), Boulden Publishing 2008, Ruth the Sleuth and the Messy Room, which won A Literary Classics Seal of Approval, and Before I Sleep: I Say Thank You, Pauline Books and Media, 2015, which was a Catholic Press Association 3rd place winner for excellence in publication in the children's book category, 2016. Her first e-book, Hip Hopping Books, came out spring 2015 as part of a digital library with Schoolwide, Inc. You Know What? came out first in Dutch (Mama, Wist Je Dat?), December 2016 with Clavis Books. It was a CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards Nominee for Talk (2018). The Korean language edition released 2019 and Chinese and Arabic versions are in process. Some Daddies is her new picture book coming out with Beaming Books in 2021. Carol lives in Andover, MA with her husband Mark. Find out more at carolgordonekster.com. She is grateful that her writing gives her another way to communicate with children. Carol lives in Andover, Massachusetts with her husband Mark.
Nynke Talsma was in born in Delfzijl (the Netherlands) in 1975. She studied at the Art Academy in Kampen with specialisation "children's book illustration". Since 1999 she works as an illustrator of children's books and educational books. In her work she often uses aquarel, pen and ink, pencil, acrylic paint and sometimes self-made stamps. Together with her husband, and two children, she lives in the neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.