ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ellen Kyle is the author of Dill's Pickleball Team. A lifelong reader, she developed a deep appreciation for playful rhyming stories and bright, colorful illustrations through hours of reading aloud with her two young children, Jack and Sophia. Inspired by her family's love of pickleball, she created this story to combine humor, teamwork, friendship, and sport into a reading experience kids will ask for again and again. Ellen lives in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and children.