Salina Yoon is the creator of over a hundred innovative books for young children. She has been named a finalist for the CBC's Children's Choice Book Awards for K-2nd Best Book of the Year, for Opposnakes (S&S, 2009), received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal awards for Little Scholastic TOYS (Scholastic, 2009) and Rock & Roll COLORS (Scholastic, 2009), and the Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year award for My First Menorah (S&S, 2005).