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Craig Bartlett created the classic animated cartoon series "Hey Arnold!" after getting a stellar start directing the claymation classic Penny cartoon segments on Pee Wee's Playhouse, and, most recently, the PBS Kids hit series "Dinosaur Train" produced by Jim Henson Productions. For his dot, he offers this portrait of his Shi-Tzu, whose name is Dot, because he can't hear the word "dot" without thinking of her.
Watch Mr. Bartlett show how to draw Tiny from Dinosaur Train
Chris Barton is an award-winning author of best-selling books. Can I See Your I.D. is a Junior Library Guild selection. His book, Shark vs. Train is a New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller and finalist for the 2011 Children's Choice Book Awards. The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colorswas named one of the best children's books of 2009 byPublishers Weekly,School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews,The Washington Post, and the Bank Street College of Education.