Carrie Staples

Meet Carrie Staples! Author/illustrator of The Single-Minded Prince and The Yarn Animal Book; home schooler; teacher-naturalist at the National Wildlife Federation and at the National Zoo (Am I an Animal?); Smithsonian volunteer in bat research and taxidermy lab assistant; designer of costumes, theater sets, rock concert lighting, T-shirts, baseball caps and tattoos; fashion illustrator; cross-country skier; kayaker; canoer; swimmer; archer; organic farmer and cheese maker; surveyor draftsman; craft projects published in Ranger Rick, Cricket and Mothering magazines; blue belt in Shaolin; interviewed and quoted in Wall Street Journal and Washington Post regarding finance and mortgages; banking software developer; Docent at Mt. Aventine in Chapman's Forest, MD; enjoying 2 titanium hips, same husband for 48 years and most important: GRANDMOTHERING!