Could That Be an Elf?

“Reading this story can feel like playing a peekaboo game for young ones as they engage with the cut-out holes on the pages.” – School Library Journal * 9/1/25 *

Hannah Eliot is a children’s book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

Saoirse Lou is a freelance illustrator from the seaside town of Poole in the UK. When she’s not drawing, she loves reading books, walks in the countryside, drinking lots of tea, and snuggling down under blankets with her family to watch movies. Saoirse enjoys using color and texture to bring warmth and emotion and diversity to book characters; in particular, she loves drawing from her experience as a mother to bring sensitivity to her artwork. Growing up surrounded by old crumbling castles and ancient woods affirmed Saoirse’s passion for folklore and mythology, and her guilty pleasure is sketching fairies, pixies, and other fantastical creatures.