"Once upon a time, not so long ago, in a beautiful English Garden just across the bridge in Staten Island, a lady bug landed on a leaf" Thus begins the plaintive adventures of Lizzy Ladybug and Mona Caterpillar. Entertaining, thoughtful, wistful, the friendship of these two enchanting characters will delight children of all ages, especially the young at heart. Roseanne Terranova began her writing career in television when she wrote, produced and hosted her own educational television series for the Catholic Television Network of Brooklyn and Queens. In the course of developing educational media she wrote scripts and production notes as well as teacher's manuals for the programs. She is enjoying her early retirement from teaching by writing essays, and memoirs. This story has been on the back burner for many years waiting for an artist to bring the story to life. Kimmy Van Kooten has been a wonderful collaborator. Roseanne grew up in Brooklyn, but has lived most of her life in Queens. She currently lives in Maspeth, NY with her husband Joe, a fellow artist and licensed locksmith, with their dog, "7." Her first published work was the critically acclaimed memoir My Brother Joseph: An Aids Legacy, published in October 2012 by Avenue U. It has recently been a bestseller on Amazon. Com. Kimmy Van Kooten, first and foremost, is a wife and mother of 11 children. Kimmy spends what little free time she has freelancing her poetry, short stories, pen and ink drawings, photography and graphic design works, while incorporating God, her family life, growing up on the farm, trials of life, nature, romance and a little humor of course " I like the variety in life seen through my eyes of everything I write.." From the Upper Lake in Northern New Jersey, to the lower Lehigh Valley in Allentown, Pa....to the sands of Daytona Beach, and now the quiet and quaint of Saint Augustine, Florida " I have Lived ..therefore.. I write " Kimmy is the 7th child of 16, so to find a hiding place to collect a bit of silence in some little nook was, and still is her quest, yes, even with this brood : ) Kimmy is a member of the Ancient City Poets and an acting governor for FM magazine. Her most recent published works includes Future Earth Magazine, Furthur Monthly Magazine, The Attic, The Work Book and The Love Book, Outside Winters, Incantations in Blue, Hoi Polloi A Literary Journal for the Rest of Us, Taj Mahal Review, Mississippi Crow Magazine, FM Spring 2012, FM Summer 2012, FM Fall 2012 and she will be featured December 2012 in Thumbnail Magazine. Kimmy also illustrated the recent Avenue U publication Dawnie Chips written by Dougas P. Smith