Jenny Whitehead, author/illustrator of Lunch Box Mail (2001-a collection of poems from a child's

point of view), Holiday Stew (2007-poems based on holidays and seasons) and illustrator of

Punctuation Celebration (2009-poems about punctuation marks writte by Elsa Knight Bruno)

enjoys writting poetry, stories, and young adult fiction. Her artwork style involves painting and

collage, layering cut paper and tissue paper. She also illustrates cards for Sunrise Greetings.

Jenny studied art at Miami University in Ohio (beginning with a portfolio of doodles!)

She designed wallpaper for a year and then was hired by Hallmark Cards to be an art director,

working there for seven years. She loves to visit schools and talk to kids about creativity.

Jenny's husband, Pete is a humorous illustrator at Hallmark and has his own book coming out this spring!

Her kids Bailey and Chelsea also love to paint and draw.