Good ideas ripen with time. From seed to harvest, Cider Mill Press brings fine reading, information, and entertainment together between the covers of its creatively crafted books. Our Cider Mill bears fruit twice a year, publishing a new crop of titles each spring and fall. Cider Mill Press is an independent publisher of high-quality cookbooks, elegant wine and spirits projects, humorous parodies, classic children's books, and more. We're proud to publish many celebrated bestselling titles, including the #1 New York Times bestselling edition of The Night Before Christmas. Along with our children’s imprint, Applesauce Press, we combine top-notch design, unique formats, and fresh content to create truly innovative gift books.

Chris Vallo is an award winning designer and children’s illustrator with experience in all curriculums of educational publishing. His clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, LeapFrog, Scholastic, National Geographic Learning, Sourcebooks, Oxford University Press, Zaner-Bloser, Evan-Moor, Mead, Procter & Gamble, and Crayola. In his spare time, Vallo drafts set designs for local theaters. He lives near Columbus, Ohio with his wife and two children.