June Sobel

June Sobel was born in New York City and grew up in the Long Island suburb of Oceanside, New York. She graduated Skidmore College and has an MFA in Painting from Stanford University. The birth of her son renewed her interest in the read aloud magic of picture books. June loves the challenge of creating books that awaken the wonder of words and pictures in children as well as keep the child alive in adults. She wrote her first book B IS FOR BULLDOZER illustrated by Melissa Iwai when she couldn't find an ABC book on construction for her truck obsessed three year old. Her books include SHIVER ME LETTERS - A PIRATE ABC illustrated by Henry Cole and the THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN series illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN continues to chug along with THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN ROLLS ON! (2018), SANTA AND THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN(2019) and THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN HALLOWEEN (2022) She is also the author of the TOW TRUCK JOE series with TOW TRUCK JOE MAKES A SPLASH coming just in time for Summer 2021. June lives in Westlake Village, California.