Who lived on a Holstein farm in Maine, with "heavy-hoofed cows" with names like Riverflat Blanche Wisconsin and Kearsarge Helen Dauntless? Who enjoys reading, tent camping, hiking, and growing tomatoes and chilies? Who researched and wrote about a fascinating figure in Vermont history affectonately nicknamed Snowflake Bentley? Who lives in Iowa with her husband, and is the proud parent of two grown children? It's Jacqueline Briggs Martin - of course!

Like many children's authors, Jacqueline (or Jackie as her friends call her) began to think a lot about storytelling when her children were young.