About Us
Wilbur
S. Edwards
is the President of Early Parenting Foundation, the parent company for myyoungchild.org. He is the former President of Magna Systems, a company which produces Film/DVD programs to train early childhood professionals in the field of Child Development. Previously, he was the President of Compton Encyclopedia and Executive Vice President of Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Nancy
Battista Morgan
author, is an educational writer, producer and consultant. She has written and produced many Film/DVD programs for children, parents, health providers and teachers which are seen in schools, hospitals, and on instructional TV both in the US and abroad. She is a former teacher and currently owns her own company, KNB Productions.
Holly
Bell
illustrator, is a fine arts major from the University of Wisconsin. She has been teaching preschool for fourteen years, and she often creates her own materials to use in the classroom. Her creative ideas have been an inspiration to educators, parents and children.
Laurie Elish-Piper
Ph.D., a reading and early childhood consultant, has reviewed the stories. She is a Professor of Reading and Literacy Education at Northern Illinois University and directs the University’s Reading Clinic. She has written numerous books, articles and publications on the subject of reading and family literacy.
Alisa
Edwards
author/ illustrator, has been involved with children’s literature for over twenty years. She was a kindergarten teacher, art instructor and elementary school librarian for a decade. Alisa studied at the Chicago Art Institute and received her BA from Colorado Woman’s College with a major in Art.
Dr. Mary Hynes-Berry
was happy to act as a consultant for the stories for this project as she has had a life long passion for using stories for teaching and learning. She is on the faculty at Erikson Institute for Early Childhood, but her most delightful opportunities for using stories came from her 4 sons and now from her 5 granddaughter