Wisconsin born, author and illustrator, Janet Tlachac-Toonen grew up in rural Door County. She utilizes her love of science and nature to give kids a fun way learn and be entertained. Her stories include a gentle lesson taught through her adorable forest and farm characters. Janet is also a fine artist and creates the original images in watercolor, pen and ink and watercolor pencil. She then merges all the elements in photoshop to create the colorful engaging images for her stories.