About the Author of «Knots on a Couting Roupe»

"The Bill Martin Jr. Award, which is the Kansas state award for best children's picture book, was established in his honor in 1996.Martin was born and raised in Hiawatha, Kansas. His father was a paperhanger and his mother a housewife; he was one of 5 brothers.There he memorized poems that a teacher read aloud in class, and was then able to relate the words to what was on the page.[1] Enthusiastic about helping other children learn to read by [having] language inside of themselves."

Note:this information was taken from wikipedia.

By:Gonçalo and Cristina