Q: How do you find all this business of having screaming girls following you all over the place?George: Well, we feel flattered . . .John: . . . and flattened. When the Beatles burst onto the music scene in the early 1960s, they were just four unknown lads from Liverpool. But soon their off-the-charts talent and offbeat humor made them the most famous band on both sides of the Atlantic. Lively, informative text and expressive, quirky paintings chronicle the phenomenal rise of Beatlemania, showing how the Fab Four’s sense of humor helped the lads weather everything that was thrown their way—including jelly beans.

KATHLEEN KRULL and PAUL BREWER are a husband-and-wife writing team. Kathleen is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young readers; Paul is also an illustrator. They live in San Diego, California. www.kathleenkrull.com www.paulbrewer.com STACY INNERST is an acclaimed, award-winning editorial artist and the illustrator of several acclaimed picture books, including Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer's Lincoln Tells a Joke and Tony Johnston's Levi Straus Gets a Bright Idea. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. www.stacyinnerst.com