Born in New York City, I was whisked an hour north to Croton-on-Hudson.

Our house was a work in progress. It took Dad 13 years to dig out the basement!

I loved riding my tricycle and playing sports.

On my birthday, I got to wear a tiara.

We celebrated holidays with Grandma and Grandpa in Brooklyn.

I watched my sister, Jane, play the piano, then started lessons, too.

I was always drawing or painting...

or making stuffed animals.

I read a lot of books, of which we had plenty, in part because...

Mom was an editor at the Viking Press. Whistle for Willie proofs decorated our playroom.

I shared my bedroom with dolls from all over the world, but...

Pooh was my constant companion. I loved Eeyore, and my sister’s Piglet and Tigger, too.

Dipity joined the family when I was eight years old.

I was going to be a ballerina when I grew up...

but changed my mind to artist or children’s book author.

I wrote and illustrated little books...

and, in the sixth grade, got to illustrate a real book(let) Aunt Mim wrote, Perceptual Training in the Kindergarten.

Growing up, we went to museums in New York City.

At RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) I majored in photography (B.F.A.) but also studied graphic design with foundation studies in drawing, 2D, and 3D design.

A Yiddish class at Brown University led me to learn Hebrew in Israel (prerequisite for graduate school). I learned about irrigation and how to build a chicken coop, too!

Change of plans! I designed books for E. P. Dutton in New York, then moved to Tel Aviv for three years, working as a graphic designer while photographing and playing tennis everyday before work.

I returned to the U.S. to study Media Ecology aka Communication (M.A.) at New York University. While at NYU, I designed children's books for Grosset & Dunlap, and, later, for Cartwheel Books at Scholastic.

After graduation from NYU, I became Creative Director of Marketing Services at Putnam Young Readers Group.

My first children’s book, Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish, was published by Scholastic, Inc. Over 170,000 copies (hardcover, paperback, and board book editions) sold! And Barnes & Noble used the illustrations for a jigsaw puzzle promotion!

The Passover Seder and The Kids’ Fun Book of Jewish Time followed...

then What On Earth Can We Do?, popular with teachers throughout the school year, but especially for Earth Day...

then Follow the Yarn: A Book of Colors. “It’s a cat’s paradise: with every turn of the page of this playfully simple board book...” — Publishers Weekly