Alexandra Day is the pen name of Sandra Darling. As Day, she is the creator of the picture-book classic "Good Dog, Carl" and its beloved sequels, as well as other books. As Darling, she founded the historic Green Tiger Press in 1969 with her husband. Green Tiger Press was sold to Simon & Schuster in the mid-1980's, but has since been reacquired by the Darlings under the Seattle-based Laughing Elephant Publishing. Of her work she says: "I think that one of the reasons my illustrations have appealed to people is that they can sense my sincerity. I know that marvels exist which are just outside our ordinary experience, but that at any moment we may turn a corner and encounter one of them. Children also believe this, and because they and I have this conviction in common, we, as creator and audience, make good partners."