When her children were small, Barbara Guidotti started writing and illustrating her wallaboo stories. Over the years she also wrote many children's songs, and she chose 22 of them for The Wallaboo Songbook.

Barbara was the head teacher of the Child Study Center at the University of Maine for twenty years. She is now retired and living in Fort Myers, Florida.

Barbara is also a scan artist and the creator of NatureScan. Her work can be seen on her website at www.naturescanart.com.