About the Author/Illustrator

 Lynnette Schuepbach

“How would a grown-up woman know what frogs living in “Froggy Hollow” would do? And how does she know that children will understand them exactly as she does? Because this grown-up has never quite left behind the wondrous imagination that children all are blessed to have. Lynnette has retained her sense of wonder at the world and her sense of wondering about what “just might could” go on in it when the grown-ups are not looking!”… Alice Gibson, editor

Lynnette Schuepbach is a self-taught artist/illustrator and author/poet with a Bachelor of Music Education degree from SIUE. Froggy Hollow is the first of her many children’s stories to be published and is dedicated to her first grandson, Kade Alen Schuepbach, born on August 17, 2004. Although this is Lynnette’s first published children’s book, her poetry has been featured in several poetry anthologies since 1984, and one of her poems, “Speak to Me,” was used as the basis for a wood carving book published by Walnut Hollow of Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Lynnette’s wide range of work experience has given her an eclectic look at life, always focused on education. After substituting in the public school systems, she taught various craft projects in the art, craft and framing industries. As a guest teacher, Lynnette appeared on several cable television programs. She was instrumental in the development of a lesson-plan/videotape grant program for school systems, and for the past two years, she presented at the Parents As Teachers National Center’s Conference to help parent educators learn hands-on skills to teach traditional curriculum in a creative way.

Lynnette is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, Reflexologist, and Certified Unified Field Therapy Practitioner. She taught Reflexology to the students at two massage schools in St. Louis for over 3 years. She credits her recent flow of creativity to continued work with Unified Field Therapy, developed in St. Louis, Missouri by Michael Linkogel.

Most recently, she founded the charitable not-for-profit group, Creativity Research, Education and Technique Enhancement (CREATE) Foundation. Its mission is to encourage creativity in all ages with an immediate focus on using craft projects to teach traditional curriculum in the school systems.

Lynnette has two sons and two grandchildren and has used her personal experiences in teaching children when developing her line of children’s books.

Contact information: Lynnette Schuepbach, 105 N. Harvest Crest Court, Highland, IL 62249 Phone: 618-558-0054; info@creativesourcespublishing.com

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