Barbara Bash is the author and illustrator of a number of books on wildlife and natural history. She has worked for many years as a calligrapher and teacher of book arts and botanical drawing. Her books have been featured on Reading Rainbow and listed on the Booklist Editors' Choice, John Burroughs's List of Nature Books for Young Readers, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, and the CBC-NSTA list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.


