Professor Emeritus Bernie Warren, a.k.a. Dr. Bernie, loves teaching and makes learning FUN. For more than forty years, Dr. Bernie taught courses in Children's Play and Development, plus Storytelling and Story Making to generations of teachers and social workers. A Qigong and Tai Chi master teacher, he has taught these disciplines to people of all ages and abilities. He recently retired from full-time teaching and now spends his time writing and traveling the world. A. Simioni, affectionately known as Ella, has dedicated her career to children's literacy and creativity through literature and art. When she's not drawing pictures for fantastic storybooks, you'll find her on the sunny shores of Lake Ontario. On snowy days, she prefers to hibernate among the velvet poufs, reading stories with her three children and the cats.