Linda Shayne is an author, screenwriter and film and TV director. Shayne has written for Disney, Showtime, Quincy Jones and Imagine Entertainment and has directed for Nickelodeon and Paramount. Shayne won a Telly Award for the “Hard Hat Harry” children’s series she wrote.
Shayne was inspired to create and write this children’s book by the amusing antics of her much-loved dog, Longfellow, who appeared in several feature films.
Art Leonardi has been delighting audiences worldwide as an animator for Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Universal Pictures and many more. Leonardi was one of the original team of animators of the iconic “Pink Panther.”
Leonardi won an Emmy Award for his work on the Steven Spielberg “Tiny Toon Adventures” animated TV series and Emmy nominated for “Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories.”