Ran Cohen-Harounoff: Author of children’s literature and educator. Published ten children’s books, among them five books in the series “Tree House Kids,” and the songs for four music albums of the same name. Many of his books became best-sellers, three were adapted for the theater, and his book, “Henneke and Fiet,” a story about his own mother during the Holocaust, was chosen as the Children’s Play of the Year. A production company in The Netherlands is currently working on an adaptation of the book into a movie for the whole family.

Ran is an international expert for early childhood education and serves as a consultant in many countries, working mainly with underprivileged populations in Africa and America.