Kanninen, Barbara (Barbara J. Kanninen)

Personal

Married; children: two boys. Education: Ohio University, B.S.; Texas A&M University, M.S. (economics); University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. (agricultural and resource economics). Hobbies and other interests: Baseball, choral singing, apple picking, watching movies.

Addresses

Home—Arlington, VA.

Career

Author and environmental economist.

Writings

FOR CHILDREN

A Story with Pictures, illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2007.

Jake's Lemonade Stand, illustrated by Lisa Fields, Kaeden Books (Rocky River, OH), 2007.

Also author of Jake's Toad House, Kaeden Books, and Mr. Miller's Old Car, Seedling. Author of books and educational materials for Macmillan-McGraw-Hill, Core Knowledge Foundation, and Kane Press. Contributor to periodicals, including Story Friends, Wee Ones, Highlights, and Ladybug.

EDITOR

Atomic Energy, Greenhaven Press (Detroit, MI), 2006.

(As Barbara J. Kanninen) Valuing Environmental Amenities Using Stated Choice Studies: A Common-Sense Approach to Theory and Practice, Springer (New York, NY), 2007.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2007, review of A Story with Pictures.

Publishers Weekly, September 24, 2007, review of A Story with Pictures, p. 71.

Washington Parent, January, 2008, Mary Quattlebaum, review of A Story with Pictures.

ONLINE

Barbara Kanninen Home Page,http://www.barbarakanninen.com (January 1, 2009).

Lori Calabrese Web log,http://loricalabrese.blogspot.com/ (May 14, 2008), "Author Interview: Barbara Kanninen."