Susan Werner Thoresen has educated groups of all ages on financial literacy—as a cable TV host, school board member, planning consultant and financial adviser. She enjoyed the mentorship of Else Holmelund Minarik, author of the Little Bear books, and received a National Endowment of the Humanities fellowship at the University of Iowa. She is a graduate of Smith College and Syracuse University, MPA. Sue and her husband Bob live in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and have two children and four grandchildren who were born after the third draft of this book!
About the Illustrator
Keith Eveland has had a lifelong passion for art including illustration, oil painting, water color and sculpture. His enthusiasm and creativity can be seen in the illustrations in this book. He lives in Rye, New Hampshire, with his partner Trish. He enjoys his retirement from his prior life as a pediatric dentist.