Words & Pictures is supported by EQT Corporation Foundation, The Grable Foundation, PIC5K, and the Succop Family Charitable Foundation.

Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than 80 children’s books including the Caldecott Honor books The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams. She also wrote and illustrated the beloved picture books Tupelo Rides the Rails, Carmine: A Little More Red, and Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, which garnered a Silbert Medal.