Meet the Author

Marjorie Jackson is a retired educator, having served as middle school language arts teacher, adjunct instructor of English, and elementary school librarian. She earned a B.A. at the University of Rochester, and an M.A. at the University of Michigan. Her teaching and library credentials were earned at the University of Missouri Kansas City and Central Missouri State University.

She and her husband have four grown children and live in the Missouri countryside near Kansas City. There they regularly observe most of the animals that are described in this book.