Barbara Backer, MEd, was an early childhood consultant and freelance writer who taught preschool for 20 years. She wrote extensively for preschool teachers and parents of preschool children, authoring more than a dozen books and over 100 articles in magazines such as Woman's Day, Parent & Child, First Teacher, Highlights for Children, and Early Childhood News. Barbara received an award for Distinguished Merit in Education Publishing from the Education Press of America (EdPress) and a journalism award from the National Stuttering Foundation of America.
Barbara Backer lived in Charleston, South Carolina.
