Barbara Snow Beverage, who uses the pen name Bethany Roberts, (born September 6, 1949) is an American children's author, known for her series of picture books informally marketed as Holiday Mice.
[3] Roberts graduated from Lyman Hall High School, then attended Bates College and received a degree in early childhood education from Southern Connecticut State University.
[1][2]: 153 From the mid-1990s to mid-2000s, she and illustrator Doug Cushman collaborated on the informally named Holiday Mice picture-book series,[4][5] which featured the title family of four—two children plus their mother and father.
[2]: 153 "Many of [her] story ideas," according to Gale's Something About the Author, "are generated from words that 'sound right' together, while others are inspired by her own experiences or by research.
[2]: 153 [7] The Holiday Mice books are illustrated by Doug Cushman and published by Clarion.