About Us
Once upon a time, three co-workers-turned-friends pondered what it would be like to make boring subjects come alive on the page. They dreamed of a (not-so-quiet) neighborhood called Storylark Road inhabited by unique and amusing animal characters. Through their journeys and storytelling, these neighbors would immerse readers in delightful adventures that would make education fun and help learning stick. And so, Storylark Road was born!
Meet Shanna
GRAPHIC DESIGN / ILLUSTRATION
A lifelong devotee of the art of pixels and design, Shanna Behrens loves bringing learning to life visually. She knew from a young age that graphic design, layout, and art was her dream career. She discovered a passion for education while working for All About Learning Press, a reading and spelling homeschool company. Being an animal-lover at heart, the idea of immersing kids in story-based learning through the voices of fun animal characters made her jump for joy.
Favorite Pastime: Enjoying nature with her husband and two children
Favorite Scent: The smell of the air right before a rainstorm
Favorite Superpower to Have: The ability to talk to animals, of course!
Favorite Dessert: Peach Cobbler
Where to Find Shanna: Drawing the residents of Storylark Road and designing freebies, books, and activities
Meet Samantha
WRITING / MARKETING
Samantha Johnson loved being homeschooled. In fact, she loved everything about it: reading, writing, history, research—basically everything except math (yuck). When she was 12, she won a prize in a kids’ writing contest and has never looked back. These days, Samantha still likes to research and write and she’s now the author of nearly twenty books published by Quarto, Scholastic, All About Learning Press, and other publishers. She lives on a farm and loves to garden.
Food She Eats Every Day: Cheese
Food She Never Eats: Lima beans
Favorite Bird: the American Goldfinch
Favorite Picture Book: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Where to Find Samantha: Writing the super-awesome Storylark emails that arrive in your inbox and helping to create the Storylark freebies and unit studies.
Meet Renée
WRITER / EDITOR
A poet since the age of seven, Renée LaTulippe is now the author of poetry and books for kids and teens. After sixteen years as a writer for All About Learning Press, she is thrilled to continue her educational writing with Storylark Road—especially since she gets to write in the voice of a cat … and a tortoise … and a walrus—well, of a whole menagerie of characters. That’s something to meow about!
Favorite Hobbies: Watercolor painting, theater, and clarinet
Favorite Quote: “I hate writing; I love having written.” (Dorothy Parker)
Favorite Writing Spot: Lounge chair on the veranda of her home by the Mediterranean Sea
Favorite Joke: Knock knock. Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting co—- MOO!
Where to Find Renée: Writing for Thaddeus’s travels in Hello, United States! and for other characters in freebies and unit studies.