Books by Jane Annunziata

Jane Annunziata, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with a private practice specializing in children and families in McLean, Virginia. Dr. Annunziata taught and supervised at multiple universities. As a writer, she has contributed parent guidance sections to many children's books on such varied topics as shyness, parental depression, ambivalence, and a new baby in the family. She is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs and Sometimes I'm Scared.

Marc Nemiroff is a psychologist in Maryland. He earned his doctorate at Catholic University and is a graduate from a three-year writing program offered by New Directions in Writing from the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. He has held faculty positions at the Washington School of Psychiatry, George Washington University Doctor of Psychology Program, and he was a long-time adviser to the Children's Book Division of American Psychological Association. He served as Consultant to The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children. He is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs and Sometimes I'm Scared. Visit Dr. Nemiroff at www.marcnemiroff.com.

Denise Ortakales holds a degree in illustration from the Art Institute of Boston and teaches art at McIntosh College. Her award-winning paper sculpture illustrations have enlivened the pages of children's magazines such as Spider, Ladybug, and Cobblestone, as well as many grown-up publications, including Consumer Reports and the Utne Reader. She is the co-illustrator of Sex and Babies: First Facts. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons. Visit her at www.deniseortakales.com and follow her on Twitter: @DeniseOrtakales and on Instagram: @DeniseOrtakales.

Maureen Tracy Patrolia is an accomplished portraitist and landscape artist with a degree in illustration from the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth. Also a preschool teacher, she says that her work is often inspired by her young students, as well as her many nieces and nephews. She lives in Plymouth Massachusetts, with her husband and two dogs. Sex and Babies: First Facts is her second book.