Picture a camel playing the clarinet and a squirrel on the sax. On each page a letter of the alphabet is pictured in both upper and lower case, and features an animal and instrument for that letter. Author Former music teachers and pioneers in the children's audio/video market, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp have been creating entertaining, wholesome products that are both fun and educational for over 25 years.
Pamela Conn Beall was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with two sisters and a brother. Music was a large part of her childhood, not only within the family, but as she studied voice, piano, and guitar, and sang in numerous select choirs. She graduated from Oregon State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a minor in education. After college she became an elementary school music teacher in the Portland area, taught guitar at the community college, and sang with the Norman Leyden Singers and Portland Symphonic Choir. Pam lives with her husband, Ron, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They have four adult children.